Giorgio Chiellini Quotes

Emotional self-control is the result of hard work, not an inherent skill.

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

I think I have a very nice demeanor, but at the same time, when pushed, I will freak out. I have a backbone, but I don't feel like I'm terrible about it.

I do get angry some time, but if I let that feeling take over it would only cloud my thinking and disable me from making the right decision when it counts the most. I just try to think about my mother, children, God, and of course my freedom.

My ego every day is more and more polite. I tame it.

When you are angry or frustrated, what comes out? Whatever it is, it's a good indication of what you're made of.

The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self.

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

If a man does not control his temper, it is a sad admission that he is not in control of his thoughts.

I'm too mature to be angry.

I control my anger.

I've got to control my emotions. When I fight out of emotions, it doesn't end up so well.

You have to control your anger - you can't be a baby when you lose.

I have a mean streak and I am capable of cruelty. This does not mean that I am necessarily mean and cruel; instead, it means that I have to be vigilant about my capacity for cruelty and the mean bone in my body.

Players need to control their emotions as much as possible.

As a kid I lost my temper quite easily and tended to look away from the game itself. Now I know how to manage that and get the best out of myself.

I've been in government and politics my entire career, and while I try to keep a level head and a reasonable tone in my commentary, even I can lose my head sometimes and let anger bubble over and burst out. It feels gross, looks ugly, and leaves a lasting mark.

On those days when you don't want to get up, I think, I'm going to get through my entire practice without saying how tired I am or I try not to complain just because I was in a bad mood when I woke up. Even if it's not perfect and I slip up, I can catch myself and make myself of aware of where my mental space is at and move on.

If you don't control your emotions, your emotions will control your acts, and that's not good.

By far the most difficult skill I learned as a C.E.O. was the ability to manage my own psychology. Organizational design, process design, metrics, hiring and firing were all relatively straightforward skills to master compared with keeping my mind in check.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

I don't like to show my emotions at the board, not because they might give something away to an opponent, but because that's my style: I like to keep it to myself.

I do not allow myself vain regrets or foreboding.

How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?