Quotes About Self-control

Food is not your best friend or enemy.

If I don't have a bet or a drink today, then I've done well. And I can start again tomorrow.

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.

No such thing as food that's terrible for you, unless you binge on it.

I don't drink and I never have. A lot of people ask me why. But imagine if something goes wrong... I just want to make sure I've got nothing to blame, like: 'I should have done this, I should have done that.' I just want to focus on what I do on the pitch.

I'm not going to make every shot. I'm not going to get every block. I can't let one play affect me the next two or three times down the court.

I'm not blowing money. I'm not that guy.

Of course, there are times you are excited and happy about whether you have a good game or not. But I don't want to be that person that boasts about himself day in and day out.

I am the boss of me. You can't change anyone else. Women think they can. But you know what? You can't.

I just try to play my normal game, and I don't let other people bother me.

I'm not gonna talk-trash and that's the bottom line.

I think you create your own boundaries, and you work within them.

I was an angry kid, and boxing kept me out of trouble.

At restaurants, I try to tell them not to bring the bread basket, but what's the point of going out to eat if I can't enjoy it?

I don't stay away from bread but I don't load up on bread either. I just eat it if it's around.

Some girls just don't know when to put the brush down, when to stop.

I like working emotions that can take you beyond your life. And yet you have to resist them in order remain within your life. Otherwise, you're burned. I like that fight. It's more of a fight with yourself.

Better belly burst than good liquor be lost.

Even as you make progress, you need the discipline to keep from backtracking and sabotaging the success as it's happening.

As long as you have discipline, you can be a success. Discipline is what makes you do everything you need to do.

If they have covered your face with latex, you have to control yourself mentally so you won't think. If you start thinking, you will succumb to panic. I had a bit of a cold, and frankly I didn't have a good time.

We often succumb to our food cravings, but it is necessary to have a good diet.

I'm learning to play by the rules. I sort of hate to think of it that way, but that's how it is. I'm really learning to function out there and in such a way that I don't need to drink.

I'm a sucker for a packet of biscuits. I can eat a whole pack in 10 minutes.