Jon Hopkins Quotes

The more externally chaotic the world becomes, the more we need sound internal logic, especially when it comes to our emotions.

You will continue to suffer if you have an emotional reaction to everything that is said to you. True power is sitting back and observing things with logic. True power is restraint. If words control you that means everyone else can control you. Breathe and allow things to pass.

The ability to remain calm and focused in stressful situations is central to making positive decisions.

My strength was that I am more balanced and calmer than most other riders.

The ability to manage your emotions and remain calm under pressure has a direct link to your performance.

It is a challenge at times, but trying to stay centered and balanced helps me keep things in perspective.

Negative emotions will challenge your grit every step of the way. While it's impossible not to feel your emotions, it's completely under your power to manage them effectively and to keep yourself in a position of control. When you let your emotions overtake your ability to think clearly, it's easy to lose your resolve.

Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.

Use the energy that fear creates to focus the mind more intently on the present moment - where fear doesn't exist.

I can be plenty frustrated and not have to constantly portray myself as upset and angry at the world.

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.

With time, you learn to be calmer.

When you're tense and you're forcing the issue, you kind of cloud your vision, so I think just being confident and super relaxed, waiting for my timing, has really helped me.

I try to be positive and calm all the time.

I'm not always really calm, but I try not to get taken away by things that are incredibly transitory.

Remember to keep the mind calm in difficult moments.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.

When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.

Chaotic people often have chaotic lives, and I think they create that. But if you try and have an inner peace and a positive attitude, I think you attract that.

Learn to take responsibility for emotions, and to manage energies, always working within present resources.

Imagine the peace symbol. The peace symbol has three pieces in it. One piece is emotion, that's your body. Another piece has spirit in it, that's your fuel. Another piece has intellect in it and that's your steering wheel. You can never overdo the fuel that goes into the body, which is the emotions and the steering wheel to drive it.

One of the reasons I was so unhappy for years was because I never embraced my emotions and I was trying to stay in control.

Vipassana taught me how to maintain equanimity in all situations of life.

Emotions are products of our mind, and we can actually train ourselves to choose whether we banish or embrace them.