Jason Hammel Quotes

A lot of my best parts I've been the second choice for, so you never get too egotistical about anything.

I always say be humble but be firm. Humility and openness are the key to success without compromising your beliefs.

When it comes to doing my job, I keep my ego in my handbag.

And again, hast thou valued Patience, Courage, Perseverance, Openness to light; readiness to own thyself mistaken, to do better next time

What we can control is our readiness.

I feel like I haven't done the best in environments that aren't conducive to me doing well, and I have to do that. Because times are going to get tough, and I'm going to have to let things slide off my back.

All I can really control is how I prepare and get ready for whatever team picks me.

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.

Basically, I think you need two things to get by in this world: a sense of humor and the ability to laugh when your ego is destroyed.

To be a good loser is to learn how to win.

I can tell you character traits I admire and work to develop in myself - perseverance, self-discipline, courage to stand up for what is right even when it is against one's friends or one's self.

You can't please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind of make sure we continue to push things forward.

Think not that humility is weakness; it shall supply the marrow of strength to thy bones. Stoop and conquer; bow thyself and become invincible.

My father believed strongly, and taught me, that you can't let yourself get too high on a success or too low on a failure. In this volatile business, that's useful to know.

My ego every day is more and more polite. I tame it.

Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit.

The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won't.

The stubbornness I had as a child has been transmitted into perseverance. I can let go but I don't give up. I don't beat myself up about negative things.

Two things I'm trying to work on are openness and flexibility.

Stubbornness and ignorance and determination are a very fine line from each other. I'm a very stubborn person, but not so stubborn that I can't learn new things and meet new people, but I have a one-track mind.

The trick is to learn to contain one's ego, not conceal it.

That's the most beautiful thing that I like about boxing: you can take a punch. The biggest thing about taking a punch is your ego reacts and there's no better spiritual lesson than trying to not pay attention to your ego's reaction. That's what takes people out of the fight half the time.

I can handle ups and downs.

I'm not confident in my own ability to resist the titanic force of my own ego.

I have been taught by experience, and never hesitate to sacrifice personal feeling to the requirements of the hour.