James Frey Quotes

I like to play what I call a-motional golf. Emotion doesn't grab me that much.

I leave my emotions at home.

I developed a mechanism so that whatever mistakes I made, I would bounce straight back. Whatever was happening off the pitch, I could put it to one side and maintain my form. Call it mental resilience or a strong mind, but that is what we mean when we talk about experience in a football team.

Don't Take Anything Personally. Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.

I have the strange ability to shut things out.

It's not that I am not emotional, but I am extremely secure and curb it, as I am afraid to let go and be broken. So, I have cultivated myself to be detached in life, specially where movies are concerned.

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.

There are times I am happy. There are times I am sad. But I always try to separate emotion from the need to reach for something stronger, deeper. And then no matter the emotion, I can reach for a stability that helps me accomplish what is the goal.

You have to listen to the anthems, allow the emotion to come, but then need to snap back into the match and your specific task.

I personally, generally, don't really feel much emotion if there's some problem and I'm actively solving it.

You know how some people get worked up about things? That's a very human thing to do. Sometimes, I don't know - like, I feel like I don't want to waste my energy doing stuff like that. I think about this on the court, too.

I'm not a very emotional guy. I just move on to the next play. I've always been that way. I don't like showing much. I just try to do my job and get out. It's important to stay poised until that clock says zero.

If we didn't desensitize ourselves in some way, every day would feel like its own tragedy.

Even when I wasn't playing, I always had a smile on my face because if I acted sad or mad, it wouldn't help me.

I've learned that I can be calm during important points.

You can feel up, you can feel down, and you have to keep your emotions kind of somewhere to be focused on the next ball.

In real life, I don't cry too easily. I go numb.

Obviously, I don't want to be too emotional. I just kind of want to use my energy on the court so I can just be able to be effective on both ends of the floor.

I cannot let my opponents get into my head.

The emotions can take you out of a game.

Even if sometimes I'm not happy with the way I'm playing the game before, during the changeover I have to stay calm. Otherwise the next game will be worse.

I'm left-brain dominant, so anxiety and nervousness don't affect me; most emotions don't.

I would say I stay pretty calm. Don't let the game get too fast on me. I try to keep my emotions in check, I guess, so I don't show that anything fazes me out there. And I try to take it one pitch at a time.

We've got to be right mentally - to stay focused and not get carried away if results go our way.

Cool under pressure can be misinterpreted. I'm fired up, but in my mind, I'm calm. Here comes the next play, hurry up, let's go.