Thiago Silva Quotes

I just really know how to manage adversity.

You have to be as strong when things go wrong, but I don't get nervous.

I had no doubts I could go to the pole. I may not be as strong, but I make up for physical strength in other areas, like steadiness and not panicking under stress.

When you gotta go through something tough, I've always been a guy that just wants to get it out of the way.

I wouldn't, a little bit frightened but throughout my life I'd learnt that when you're in the serious situations, you've got to try to stay calm. Because that's the way you get out of them.

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

Mistakes and pressure are inevitable; the secret to getting past them is to stay calm.

Nevertheless during these two seasons, Chapman impressed me a lot because he had the faculty to pull himself out of the most critical situations.

I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying.

I'm one that doesn't let the pressure or any of the outside kind of scrutiny, all those things, really get to me.

I've always been calm, and I'm very good in a crisis.

There are going to be games where you don't have the greatest conditions, so to show that you can do it in bad conditions is a plus.

I'm not somebody who's going to panic if things go the wrong way.

I will forever be fascinated by how people deal with adversity, how people react in moments of crisis, or how people behave when life gets uncomfortable.

I've been through several situations in my career and nothing bothers me.

What such a man needs is not courage but nerve control, cool headedness. This he can get only by practice.

It is good advice to slow down a little, steady the course, and focus on the essentials when experiencing adverse conditions.

Things are going to go wrong. The great chefs are the ones that don't let it fluster them. They just move through it.

I am extremely interested in how people negotiate catastrophe, not because I'm morbidly interested in it but because I'm interested in the secret of resilience; that's what I'm always exploring in the stories and the novels.

I can take it. The tougher it gets, the cooler I get.

I'm able to make decisions even in the face of adversity.

The young must be prepared to experience innumerable disappointments and yet not fail.

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

When the going gets tough, the tough get empirical.

So the pie isn't perfect? Cut it into wedges. Stay in control, and never panic.