Quotes About Discipline

It's easy to become angry, but when you get better, you channel your energy into the game.

Boxing can be so important to young people, it keeps you off the street and you can channel your energy and aggression in the ring. It creates opportunities for people and I know it really helped me when I was young and stopped me from going the down the wrong path.

Generally, my life is absolute chaos, but when I'm writing songs, it's very thought out and regimented.

You do hear a lot about 'player power,' but I'm one of those who believes the manager is there to take control, to be in charge.

I try to eat sensibly. I cheat, but for the most part, I eat in a clean way.

My cheat meals aren't even that exciting.

I need to run every day. If I don't I feel cheated.

My first thought was always a cigarette. It still is, but I haven't cheated.

As a top player, you have to keep your emotions in check. You think you can control everything.

That's where I think a lot of these guys today are just, 'I'm the drummer, man. Check it out. Here's my lick. I just learned this new drum lick. I'm just gonna blast all over the place.' It's like, 'Man, you've got to let the song breathe.'

I could still eat a cheeseburger if I wanted to. I just can't have them every day.

You don't become a chef to become famous.

Not every chef is a yeller, but I have to say that even a chef who is not a yeller might have a time when that rule might get broken.

Man, jiu-jitsu is such a chess match.

Before a match, I do not follow any chess news except the games.

People say getting fit is 90% diet and 10% exercise, but that's bollocks. If you train hard you earn the right to a chocolate bar.

I was always getting told off by my choir teacher for, you know, riffing when I shouldn't.

I used to sing in a choir when I was young. My mom forced me hardbody. I was hella young, like 5 years old.

I went to an art school, so I was a choir boy.

My parents told me either I choose badminton, or school has to make the best of me.

Because my writing time has always been very limited, I try to be very choosy about which stories I work on. There are many ideas that would make interesting stories - too many - so it's important to be ruthless and say no to most of them.

You've got to chop back the performance like a rose bush. That's when it's beautiful.

I do have a chore schedule - in my mind. I don't tell anyone I have it, but it's in my mind.

It's difficult but most of us haven't had much time off on Christmas Day. I've trained on Christmas Day for God knows how many years and you just get used to it.