Quotes About Self-control

Especially in the day and age now with social media and cameraphones and things like that, you always have to act like you're being watched.

I've got five grandkids. They play baseball, they play football, they play basketball. I go to all the games. You always have that urge to say something when you're watching them. But I've learned to keep it to myself. I've blurted out some things and embarrassed myself.

I like Doritos. I'm usually watching 'The Biggest Loser' eating Doritos.

You have to keep that equilibrium - not getting too carried away or beating yourself up too badly. As a manager you have to be in the middle all the time. If you take water in, people look at you and say - 'look at the state he's in today.'

One way to boost our will power and focus is to manage our distractions instead of letting them manage us.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Freedom is what everyone wants - to be able to act and live with freedom. But the only way to get to a place of freedom is through discipline.

My weak spot is laziness. Oh, I have a lot of weak spots: cookies, croissants.

I don't like being weak in front of my mum or anyone for that matter. I don't like crying.

I'm so weak at saying no.

I find drug use disrespectful, self-destructive, and weak. I want no part of it.

Let's face it: the present self is present. It's in control. It's in power right now. It has these strong, heroic arms that can lift doughnuts into your mouth. And the future self is not even around. It's off in the future. It's weak. It doesn't even have a lawyer present.

Of course I got angry when I lost and maybe would cry in my hotel room afterwards. But I would never show it. I didn't want the men's pity. I didn't want to share my pain with them.

I think of dieting, then I eat pizza.

I eat junk food, cheesecake, cheese, pizza - but just lower amounts of it.

My theory is that if you have pizza one night, you can just make a better choice the the next day.

I don't know why people eat so badly. I could eat pasta all the time, but it really is fattening. And I love ice cream, but I can't do that. There was a time, until I was in my mid-forties, when I could eat a whole pizza - and really, no effect.

I'm an emotional eater. If something's worth celebrating, we're going to grab pizza. If it's going bad, girl, pass me the chocolate. Gotta keep it in check!

I love a good piece of pizza. I love a good hamburger. If I don't let myself have those things, there's going to be a week where I just go off the deep end and eat nothing but that.

Everyone is going to binge on a diet, for instance, so plan for it, schedule it, and contain the damage.

Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.

As an athlete, you're brought up with that mentality that you finish everything you start. If you're going to start a meal, you're going to finish it until the plate is clean. I had to change that mentality to one of where, 'I eat until I'm full and leave the rest.'

You know those days when you think you have to have a plate of pasta right now? When I'm trying to be good, I take a minute to ask myself, 'Do you really need to eat all this crazy stuff? It will still be around if you want it later.'

If you look at my plate, I only have salad, chicken, and juice, and that's how I am.