Bernhard Langer Quotes

I get upset over a bad shot just like anyone else. But it's silly to let the game get to you. When I miss a shot I just think what a beautiful day it is. And what pure fresh air I'm breathing. Then I take a deep breath. I have to do that. That's what gives me the strength to break the club.

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.

All through life I've harbored anger rather than expressed it at the moment.

If I make a bogey or three putt I'm on fire inside. But it's not like you're going to play any better slamming your club or getting angry. So you might as well just keep it in. People say I'm pretty calm, but I do make mistakes and I do get angry, but I try and not show it.

Every now and then I get angry, but fortunately, when I do, it's like watching a little dog try to attack something - it's something I'm not very good at.

You have to control your anger - you can't be a baby when you lose.

I want to show I can control my emotion and aggression and stay calm.

My manners have always been the first thing to go when I get upset, and some people say that they stopped coming back a long time ago.​

I'm sorry for losing my temper following the race, but after a day or two of looking back at the race it's easy to realize that it's just not that big of a deal compared with what the people of the Gulf Coast are still going through.

When you're tempted to be upset, ask yourself 'Is this worth giving up my joy?'

I don't play well enough to be allowed to throw my clubs.

We should realize that our deadliest enemies are anger and other delusions. Since these delusions are deeply ingrained mental habits, working to overcome them is not always easy.

In golf, the customs and etiquette and decorum are as important as the rules of play.

WHEN YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT, YOU CAN AFFORD TO KEEP YOUR TEMPER; AND WHEN YOU ARE IN THE WRONG, YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE IT.

When reason ends, then anger begins. Therefore, anger is a sign of weakness.

Patience is never more important than when you are at the edge of losing it.

This is not to say I don’t feel my own grief, which can hit powerfully at unexpected times. It’s just that the telling does not automatically bring on my own upset, as people assume. I deal more with their reaction than they do with mine, and so you have to choose your timing.

When we are angry, our anger is our very self. To suppress or chase away our anger is to suppress or chase away ourselves. When anger is born, we can be aware that anger is an energy in us, and we can change that energy into another kind of energy. If we want to transform it, first we have to know how to accept it.

It is you who are choosing, in any moment, to be happy or choosing to be sad, or choosing to be angry, or forgiving, or enlightened, or whatever. You are choosing.

Golf gives you an insight into human nature, your own as well as your opponent's.

Small minds are much distressed by little things. Great minds see them all but are not upset by them.

In almost any situation, it is far more devastating to keep your icy cool while the other person gets herself in a flush-cheeked, teary-eyed hot mess yelling in your face.

Our most important thoughts are those that contradict our emotions.

People who learn to control inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their lives, which is as close as any of us can come to being happy.

Let the jerks of the world serve as the perfect example of what you don't want to be. You'll be a heck of a lot happier, and in the long run, there's a chance that other person at work will end up asking what your secret is. Why are you the happy one? In other words, don't let your thoughts think you. Besides, if you're really gonna get pissed, don't waste it on your family, friends, or coworkers, save it for something that really matters.