I’m not going to fight because I mean too much to our team, and I can’t afford to be suspended for a game or do something stupid to get me kicked out of a playoff game.

My wife, a schoolteacher, very disciplined. If you think I’m tough, trust me, and wait till you see when the children are on the naughty step. It’s hilarious. So we decided that I’m going to work like a donkey and provide amazing support for the family.

I doubt whether classical education ever has been or can be successfully carried out without corporal punishment.

There’s been a lot of talk of me being a one-man show but that’s simply not the case. We win games when I score 40 points and we’ve won when I score 10.

The deferring of anger is the best antidote to anger.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

I’ve stopped drinking, but only while I’m asleep.

Every day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you’re doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.

To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.

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

I’m just glad I play for Coach Belichick.

It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.

I don’t know that my schooling was conducive to wild ideas and creativity, but it gave me discipline, drive. They taught me how to think. I really know how to think.

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

While discipline and freedom seem like they sit on opposite sides of the spectrum, they are actually very connected.

There are certain characteristics that define a good chimp mother. She is patient, she is protective but she is not over-protective – that is really important. She is tolerant, but she can impose discipline. She is affectionate. She plays. And the most important of all: she is supportive.

Always remember that your calmness under fire is your best defense in any argument or discussion.

When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.

He that would be angry and sin not, must not be angry with anything but sin.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.

I always had a sense of discipline in me. However, there was a time when I couldn’t divide my time properly between off-field things and on-field assignments. The focus would be missing at times, and that would affect my preparation for matches. I managed to change that.

Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

‚Tis one thing to be tempted, another thing to fall.

Temptation is an irresistible force at work on a movable body.

There are several good protections against temptation, but the surest is cowardice.

Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.

Sonny Liston is nothing. The man can’t talk. The man can’t fight. The man needs talking lessons. The man needs boxing lessons. And since he’s gonna fight me, he needs falling lessons.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Most people dream a dream when they are asleep. But to be a writer, you have to dream while you are awake, intentionally. So I get up early in the morning, 4 o’clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or four hours, that’s enough. In the afternoon, I run. The next day, the dream will continue.

God made you a masterpiece – be blessed, secure, disciplined and equipped.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

My experience with power, you can maintain it, or you get it taken from you. You get you some newfound power and go crazy, and it get taken from you quick.

Apart from the fact that any hardy exercise conduces much to the training and formation of a soldier, pig-sticking tends to give a man what is called a ‚stalker’s eye,‘ but which, par excellence, is the soldier’s eye.

To be honest, there are no problems between me and Messi. People have their own opinions about who they think is the better player. It is what it is, but there is no rivalry beyond games and what happens on the pitch.

The way to catch a knuckleball is to wait until it stops rolling and then pick it up.

Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.

I’m a pretty good winner. I’m a terrible loser. And I rub it in pretty good when I win.

Sometimes I lose my temper.

I didn’t take many penalties, but I never missed one.

The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.

Talking to a player helps, but in our sport the majority of learning happens from watching another player. You pick up things like being punctual, being nice to everyone, making sure you give your 100 per cent even in training.

Whatever work you do, you think are you doing this for the good of the nation? That’s the basic training. The other basic training is discipline. Your life should be disciplined. The other thing they say is what work you get, do it well.

The guerrilla fighters should be required to go to bed and get up at fixed hours. Games that have no social function and that hurt the morale of the troops and the consumption of alcoholic drinks should both be prohibited.

I don’t really get nervous that much, or if I do, only I know. It’s all inside me. I am good at hiding everything.

Marathon running, like golf, is a game for players, not winners. That is why Callaway sells golf clubs and Nike sells running shoes. But running is unique in that the world’s best racers are on the same course, at the same time, as amateurs, who have as much chance of winning as your average weekend warrior would scoring a touchdown in the NFL.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

A lot of people tell me a lot of things about my conduct, my game, my future… but I try to stay away from their words of wisdom. I don’t let it distract me. On the field, you will be facing the ball alone. If you fail, you will the only one to blame. So, you should be the one deciding for yourself.

You’re not going to see my sense of humor on the football field. That’s not a place for me to joke around.

Ali’s got a left, Ali’s got a right – when he knocks you down, you’ll sleep for the night; and when you lie on the floor and the ref counts to ten, hope and pray that you never meet me again.

I need to do well and show I’m a worthy driver in F1.

Let’s face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can’t resist.

I played football for a team called the East Dragons on the east side of town. We only had six regular season games. And six games I played tail back and I had 18 touchdowns in six games. That’s when I knew I had some athletic ability.

God has equipped you to handle difficult things. In fact, He has already planted the seeds of discipline and self-control inside you. You just have to water those seeds with His Word to make them grow!

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

He who angers you conquers you.

I do not raise brats!

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.