In baseball, you have to remain calm, cool, and collected. In football, you can let out a little anger sometimes. It was a fun game, and I liked it, but I knew in my heart I was going to play baseball.
Copy QuoteHolding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
Copy Quote View & ShareAnger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Copy Quote View & ShareAnybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
Copy Quote View & ShareFor every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen angry count to ten before you speak. If very angry, count to one hundred.
Copy Quote View & ShareEvery day we have plenty of opportunities to get angry, stressed or offended. But what you're doing when you indulge these negative emotions is giving something outside yourself power over your happiness. You can choose to not let little things upset you.
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