Paul F. Tompkins Quotes

Well, I'm not a violent person. You have to back off. People sometimes will try you and try you until you try not to, but you have to react. Normally, I just walk away.

I just fight in my movies, never in real life.

I teach kids that want to be tough that their fists are not the way.

When you fight on set, you try to not hurt anybody.

Twelve years ago, if someone attacked me, I wouldn't let them get away with it. I'd take them on. I now perceive my job to include allowing people to vent their rage.

I've never scratched, or punched, or slapped anybody in my real life.

Before boxing, I was this angry kid ready to fight if someone said, 'Hello.'

In anger-management training, they teach you never to hit a person - hit an object. That's what they teach you.

You see all the movies where people say, 'Don't fight out of anger'? They say that for a reason.

Our relationship is very good. When Ibra gets annoyed, I prefer not to reply because I know how he can react. I prefer to calmly count to ten.

It is better to control oneself, if one can, and not hit back. But on certain occasions, it is imperative to defend oneself. I don't think it's fair to ask anybody not to defend herself or himself.

You can't go fighting everyone that's harsh towards you.

I had a big fight in my first week in secondary school. There was a kid in the year above who was nasty to me, and we ended up having a scrap. I can remember thinking that there was going to be some serious bloodshed if we didn't stop, so I made a decision to walk away. It was a difficult thing to do, but the most sensible.

I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.

I got kicked out of a club for sticking up for my sister. And I got into a fight that was basically hair pulling and rolling around on the gym floor. The fights make me sound like a hell-raiser, but I'm not proud of them.

You had to know how to fight or you had to know how to avoid a fight. I didn't enjoy fighting, so I learned how to avoid them.

Our first responsibility in the midst of violence is to prevent it from destroying us.

Not exactly hit them, but I've restrained a few people.

When there is conflict, it's good to step away, even for five minutes, because you could say terrible things that you can't take back, so it's best to walk away.

If I feel frustrated in a situation, I take a deep breath and walk away.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.

Nobody's ever wanted to start a fight. I stay away from all that stuff.

I now know in myself not to punch lockers.

There's definitely ways to get your anger out and not have to yell and kick and scream and fight people. That's not my jam. That's never how I've been.

If you feel like there is going to be an emotional reaction that won't be helpful to resolve the situation, anger or other things, disarm the situation in some way, and you can use different techniques to do that.