Joshua L. Liebman Quotes

Pressure lets you know what kind of person you are.

“How does one grow up?” I asked a friend the other day. There was a slight pause; then she answered, “By thinking.”

Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.

Life unravels the way it does, and it has an effect on you, but you have to take responsibility for dealing with it.

When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.

The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.

I have learned how to better handle things as they come.

People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature.

I think thinking about becoming an adult, and having to face up to your problems and face up to your insecurities, is difficult for everybody.

I was a kind of hyper-intense person in my twenties and very impatient.

In our personal and professional lives, we are constantly hit with one adversity after the other, most of which we have no control over. But the four things we have total control over is how we react, how we adapt, how we breathe, and how we take action.

I'm a big boy; I can handle criticism.

I was forced, more or less, to go to anger management. I was either going to make myself and everyone around me miserable, or I was going to realize that there's more than one person on this Earth. It definitely has made me a better person.

That is life: you have to deal with things, and it's up to you how you deal with things. That's what makes you mature or not. If you can get the best out of yourself, that's all that matters. If you do that, nobody is arguing.

I am more mature today, so I deal better with the mistakes than the many times when I locked myself away and wanted to be alone.

I've been put into a lot of situations that could be stressful. That's really helped me mature, both as a performer and as a man.

Learning to live with the given is the great humbling educational process of life.

I try not to worry about things that I cannot control.

I think one big thing for me that I need to work on is being able to separate my feelings and emotions from my matches.

I've become more mature on and off the court, and I've learned how to deal with some of those big occasions much better.

When we meditate every morning we are putting on armor for the day's battle against our own impatience, inadequacy, resentment, and hostility.

When there is pain, the animal instinct is 'fight or flight' (i.e., to either strike back or run away) - reflect instead. When you can calm yourself down, thinking about the dilemma that is causing you pain will bring you to a higher level and enlighten you, leading to progress.

Age does not bring wisdom... but it does give perspective... and the saddest sight of all is to see, far behind you, temptations you've resisted.

I'll tell you how I handle stress. I say-This too shall pass. You've got to try to stay cool and admit when you're wrong, and tell them when you're right.

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.