Joey King Quotes

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

Let's not talk punishment.

Acting like an adult and being professional on set and getting my work done has just been a lifestyle for me. It's not something I have to try hard to do, necessarily.

I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.

I find fault with my children because I like them and I want them to go places - uprightness and strength and courage and civil respect and anything that affects the probabilities of failure on the part of those that are closest to me, that concerns me - I find fault.

There couldn't be better parents than mine, loving yet strict. They disciplined with love. A child without discipline is, in away, a lost child. You cannot have freedom without discipline.

The important thing is that when you correct your children, they see what they've done wrong and why you're upset.

Entertainers are there to entertain. They aren't there to teach your children the lessons that you haven't bothered to teach them at home yourself.

I haven't raised my voice for eight to 10 years in the kitchen. And I won't have anybody shouting. If I hear of anybody having a go at anyone else, they'll get disciplined.

Jack made it very comfortable for me on the set. We'd met socially before but never worked together. You know, he's very professional, very disciplined and he's always prepared and knows his lines.

I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline.

I'm always amazed at the way some actors' behaviour is truly disgusting. That's one thing that will never happen on one of my sets if I ever direct.

Talent deserves to be honored. Hands deserve to be slapped if you do something stupid as well, but don't take it too far.

I am not the first player to have sworn on TV and I won't be the last.

Parents are supposed to instill a sense of right and wrong in their children and then keep up the due diligence necessary to make sure they don't veer off that path.

We have to stop rewarding bad behavior.

I think you learn something from everybody that you've worked with. I really learned how to behave on set through the people that I worked with, like the importance of being on time and the importance of being professional. I don't bring my cell phone on set; I leave it in my trailer.

Giving responsibility is the key to success with boys, especially with the rowdiest and most difficult boys.

I think that when I start a season, I speak with my players, and I always talk about education and respect. And I demand this, but I give this.

I believe in treating players like adults - though if some of them behave like children, you have to treat them as such! - and I think there is big respect the other way from players to the manager.

A teacher's not going to bother being tough on you for no reason; it's when they're not paying you attention that you should worry.

You have to be honest, even when you are upset with your child. Your intentions must be clear. You must never lie to your child.

I do not raise brats!

If there is a really good player at U16 level who disrespects the coach, if you then say: 'You can go somewhere else then. That is not how we do things here.' That would be powerful.

I would consider my dad a pretty patient guy, but there was no tolerance for spoiled behavior.