Chris Coleman Quotes

I believe that tears should be very private, and no matter what issue or what situation, we should have a very dignified demeanor.

I wish over the years I had kept my private life private and my professional life a little more professional.

I don't want to show my emotions in public.

People have no concept of boundaries.

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've never heard my dad say a bad word about anybody. He always keeps his emotions in check and is a true gentleman. I was taught that losing it was indulgent, a selfish act.

The personal things should be left out of, in my opinion, out of platforms and conventions.

I can't get carried away with having a good time because everyone, especially the young guys, have to know there's a time and place for everything.

We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

There's this wonderful first assistant and he'll be saying, 'Now Harry goes down among the dragons.' You have to hold yourself together. Because if you lose it for a second then you're sunk.

To have in general but little feeling, seems to be the only security against feeling too much on any particular occasion.

I have to work hard to be punctual, to not lose my temper, take direction and be told what to do - and most of all listen rather than talk.

I was either told or I realised on my own terms that if you're going to be star-struck with the people you're working with, you're not going to work very well.

I was brought up with considerable discipline, and I was taught it wasn't proper to display certain very private emotions in public.

It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.

I'm not shy, but I have a job to do. I don't need the notoriety.

I will never go into a game aggressive because I will cost my team the victory if I am reckless. If I have got a personal vendetta with someone, or I don't like the way someone has done something to me in the game, I am just going to have to get over it.

A lot of guys are able to separate how they act off the court versus how they act on the court.

I don't want to bring my personal issues to the field during game time. I don't want to take focus from anybody else.

But it's no good letting your emotions get the better of you.

I keep the tantrums to a minimum because people don't want to see that.

Letting emotion get into it isn't part of my game. Letting animosity or a rivalry come into it, that's all for the show.

I always like to stay even-keeled and just play the game the right way.

I leave my emotions at home.

I show up to win. I don't show up to hurt a guy. I don't show up with emotion.