Jermain Defoe Quotes

Temptations, unlike opportunities, will always give you many second chances.

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.

I like to talk to myself ahead of time so when temptation comes, I've already made up my mind that I have the victory.

Affirmation without discipline is the beginning of delusion.

Sometimes my brain is saying, 'Go wild on food,' and I'll want to pig out, but I'll tell myself, 'No.' You either want to win or you don't.

I wake up in the morning thinking about victory, I go to sleep thinking about victory, so sometimes it might be hard. But I need to control myself more and, how can I say it politely? Just shut up instead of speaking on the radio.

I've always been the type to know that if I'm getting off the track, I know, 'OK, it's time to tighten up.' I feel like I can see it before it comes.

If you are willing to discipline yourself, the physical universe won't need to discipline you.

And it was a great experience, you know, to travel the world and compete at a certain level. It teaches you discipline, focus, and certainly keeps you out of trouble.

I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting.

Movies don't make people act a fool. People act a fool because they want to act a fool.

The most important lesson I've learned in this business is how to say no. I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did.

Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression. No man is free who cannot control himself.

A man must drive his energy, not be driven by it.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

Control success before it controls you.

I have rules about eating, exercising and rules about staying positive. And these rules are sacred to me.

The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him.

I just think of everything I do and how happy it will make me to do it. I don't like having my photograph taken, for instance, so I don't do that often.

When people have a willpower failure, it's because they haven't anticipated a situation that's going to come along.

Manage yourself first and others will take your orders.

By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character.

I am they type of person that once I make a decision, I must execute. Maybe I am a perfectionist in this way.

The only discipline that lasts is self-discipline.

I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have.