Rolando McClain Quotes

That aggression came over time from dealing with stuff - 'Anger Management' really is what it's called. That project came out and I felt a weight lifted off my chest. I learned something about myself.

The Anger Management Tour was another beautiful thing. I loved that tour.

Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.

I control my anger.

I don't really get angry any more.

Now I've come to a place where I believe that anger doesn't really make me a better actor.

Anger is an unnecessary emotion. Loads of stuff in life can trigger it, but what matters is how you react. I choose not to react.

I've spent a lot of time and money trying to keep my anger in control.

If somebody pisses me off and I understand it ain't personal then I'll go to another place and I'll meditate.

I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.

I try to keep away exterior events that are going to make me do something negative internally to myself.

I have an issue with rage. I'm going to work that out, long term.

As a human being, anger is a part of our mind. Irritation also part of our mind. But you can do - anger come, go. Never keep in your sort of - your inner world, then create a lot of suspicion, a lot of distrust, a lot of negative things, more worry.

I don't like being angry all the time; it's not good for me. I have to have serenity or else go to war.

I spent 43 years of my life in anger and I know what it can do... Now I pray a lot. I do whatever I need to do to keep me out of that anger, out of that place where I can't grow and be better.

I don't want to be walking around angry and feeling rage.

Sometimes we get very frustrated here on court. It is tough to control. It is a mistake.

We are not a victim of our emotions or thoughts. We can understand our triggers and use them as tools to help us respond more objectively.

Anger is like a storm rising up from the bottom of your consciousness. When you feel it coming, turn your focus to your breath.

I don't lose my temper. I used to, but I realised I would probably die of a brain hemorrhage. So I've governed myself not to mind about things. I have no road rage or anything like that. Because it's life-shortening. And also, there's no need for it; it uses up energy.

I don't want to be the angry guy.

I was mad until I was about 25. Completely out of control with my emotions. Everything that happened to me was a tragedy. I've been much happier over 25.

I do have anger management issues. Not clinical. Probably no more than most people.

I've been trying to learn how to not be so conflicted about things like my own anger. I've always had a place in my music for my anger as a way of compensating for not having a mechanism to express it in my everyday life. So I've been trying to be more true to myself, and that helps me to chill out a little bit. But politically, uh-uh. No.

Anger becomes limiting, restricting. You can't see through it. While anger is there, look at that, too. But after a while, you have to look at something else.