Quotes About Composure

It's hard for anyone or any situation to rattle me, as a quarterback and a person.

You can't be giggling and joking when you miss a shot in the modern game - not like the way when Ray Reardon used to do.

There were butterflies, otherwise, you're not really ready to play. The locker room, I remember, was quiet and we were very focused on playing that game.

I can say that I have lived very gracefully.

I don't like rushing, just like to sit down and rest before a match. Half the time I don't even look at the draw.

Louise was shaken by this realization but remained composed.

Ti nejnevinnÄ›jÅ¡í, zasko?ení ve svém pokojném srdci, náhle blednou nebo se ?ervenají pod ranou, jež je zasáhne, napÃ…â"¢imují se nebo se hroutí, protestují nebo ml?í, když mají mluvit, nebo mlubí, když mají ml?et, nebo z?stávají klidní, když se mají potit, nebo se potí, když nemají - a vypadají pak najednou jako viníci.

A little quiet contempt contributes greatly to the elegance of life.

I've had to work hard at that easy-going manner you see on screen.

When I played, I didn't have the strongest arm, and in a game, I never threw it as hard as I could, either.

I'm a very soft-spoken person. I don't throw furniture. I don't throw tantrums.

That is why, no matter how desperate the predicament is, I am always very much in earnest about clutching my cane, straightening my derby hat and fixing my tie, even though I have just landed on my head.

I've been through it before, intense games in tight situations, but I'm able to just stay calm and do my thing.

The mark of the truly civilized is their (truly baffling to the likes of you and me) patience with what truly baffles.

I don't panic unless I have to. Wastes energy.

She was too busy to freak out, but that was the only thing keeping her from freaking out.

His controlled composure was making Maddox feel edgy. He could be one of those people who seemed perfectly calm but then randomly snapped.

Her eyes betrayed no shock at the sights of the quay as they unfolded – not the sweating deckhands, the prostitutes crowding the ship, the hubbub of stalls, including one where three slaves were for sale, their ankles manacled. She might as well have been walking through a country garden as she moved inexorably away from the water.

It was clearly a lot more difficult in the field than in the office, where you could keep your distance and maintain a calculated composure. Being faced with real people was a far tougher call on one's judgement.

I've thrown or broken a few clubs in my day. In fact, I guess at one time or another I probably held distance records for every club in the bag.

I can lose my temper from time to time, but I try not to lose it on the pitch because it can't help.

Il n'était ambitieux qu'avec nonchalance ; il était exigeant sans être avide, ayant de tout temps l'habitude de tout obtenir.

Wigs were formerly used instead of brooms in Ireland for sweeping or dusting tables, stairs, etc. The Editor doubted the fact till he saw a labourer of the old school sweep down a flight of stairs with his wig; he afterwards put it on his head again with the utmost composure, and said, 'Oh, please your honour, it's never a bit the worse.

The Don considered a use of threats the most foolish kind of exposure; the unleashing of anger without forethought as the most dangerous indulgence. No one had ever heard the Don utter a naked threat, no one had ever seen him in an uncontrollable rage. It was unthinkable.