Quotes About Composure

At the balls he took me to there were many beautiful young women who didn't say a word. They answered every question with a shrug or a smile. If champagne got spilt down their dresses they only sighed; when the full moon slid out from behind the castle they watched it in silence. I could not understand it. Had they sold their voices too? Even their bodies were silent, always upright, never loosening their lines. They walked like letters on a page.

On period costume posture coaching:) We all stand about like parboiled spaghetti being straightened out.

Pull yourself together. You are a professional . She didn't feel very professional. She felt like a girl out of her depth. Your body is playing tricks on your mind. Ignore it .

When you attend the games, do not get emotionally invested in the rivalry. Wish only that the best team or athlete wins. Avoid the extremes of elation at a win and devastation at a loss.

True peace is characterized by nothing so much as steadiness and imperturbability.

There's a strength in the way she carries herself, but she never seems to relax, never lets down her guard.

It was not long before I discovered that withdrawing addicts lost their composure in exactly the same manner that careless millionaires lose their money: gradually, then suddenly.

I'm a stoic. When something goes down the pan, enjoy it. Make the best out of a bad job. I'm not the sort of person who would break down and weep if my trousers split. It is funny, and I don't really get embarrassed.

It occurred to me that it would benefit me to play without emotion - well, without emotion others could see, anyway. Card players profited from having a poker face so opponents wouldn't know how good or bad their hand was, and I figured a deadpan expression would work in tennis, too.

I keep my emotions to myself. I have never lost my temper in public, I have never wept in public.

I don't come from a space where I gush and praise - the world is doing enough of that.

It is always positive when you get a lot of praise, but you should handle it the right way.

Before I step in the Octagon, I pray one last time and take a huge deep breath, and then I'm home.

I always say a prayer before the blocks - it helps calm me down.

I've played in a few Champions League matches and got into quarter-finals - sometimes unluckily knocked out - but you have to prepare like any other football match: you have to play the game, not the occasion. That's been instilled in me since I was a kid.

I think there's a quiet aggression that you need to have, that presence that you have on the mound, the poise, you know.

I don't put myself under pressure.

I have a thing that I do when I meet famous people, where I try to play it really cool. Sometimes I pretend like I don't know them.

I think any time I'm nervous I just pretend that I'm not, and that's how I deal with it.

There's feelings there, but I think I've just been pretty good at trying to hide my emotions throughout the years. I try to have the same demeanor each and every day.

It's bad enough on a first date trying not to say something dumb without having three Secret Service guys with you.

By the rules of debate, if you lose your cool, you've lost the game.

There has to be a very good balance between being aggressive and then being able to defend as well.

I just try to be the same guy I've always been. Calm, collected, and being a good decision-maker and delivering the ball to the right guys.