Nancy Johnson Quotes

I hate losing and I think it's good to feel a stab of anger if it happens.

The easiest and most accessible emotion is rage.

After I lost the first set, I was like, 'OK, I need to get help because I can't play this way.'

I don't believe in hitting a bad shot and then insisting it's no big deal. No, you just messed up, so react. I'm not saying you need to throw your club. I mean, take 10 seconds to get angry at yourself, but then start over.

Anger can be a problem, but it has tremendous potential, too. It's just figuring out what to do with it.

I hate to lose. Sometimes, I let my emotions get out of control.

It's just a game. I love it. And yeah, I get frustrated, but I try to not let it get me too upset. I mean, I don't get upset over bad shots or anything like that.

I've always been able to move on and contain. I get mad, I get frustrated. No one gets more upset when they miss a kick than I do. But I have to be able to get over it for the sake of the team and my own job.

Rage is caused by a conviction, almost comic in its optimistic origins (however tragic in its effects), that a given frustration has not been written into the contract of life.

As long as I can get angry then I play well. If I play well I can beat everybody. I am happy because I am getting angry.

When I'm angry, like, if someone gets me really upset, whatever comes into my head, I scream it.

On the field, you have to be aggressive; you're thinking how to get the better of a situation. It's not that I don't laugh on the field. In fact, I think it's very important to laugh, especially when you are angry and aggressive, to just take the tension away, make the moment go away.

I don't usually lose my temper, but if I get angry, it's true - I'm scary.

I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out, I don't get angry at the pitcher, I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball, he should be angry at himself.

You can tell the size of a man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.

I do not let a bad score ruin my enjoyment for golf.

I don't know if I ever really get mad in real life.

The pool is terrible, but that doesn't have much to do with my record swims. That's all mental attitude.

Like many men who play tennis, when I hit a ball into the net, I tend to look daggers at my racket, reproaching it for playing so badly when I myself have been trying so hard.

I don't have life rage anymore.

On the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learnt that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won't spend yourself quickly.

Stay calm and aggressive.

I have to say that anger is the blanket that comes around me, and that blunts and blurs my sense of proportion.

Many people lose their tempers merely from seeing you keep yours.