James Carville Quotes

I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting.

Discipline is creating the situation.

Without discipline, there's no life at all.

It is after all the greatest art to limit and isolate oneself.

Discipline is based on pride, on meticulous attention to details, and on mutual respect and confidence. Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of the goal or the fear of failure.

Discipline is not a nasty word.

The surest test of discipline is its absence.

Always do one thing less than you think you can do.

I think my biggest strength is that I always keep doing exactly the same thing. There are forwards who go crazy with euphoria, but after a goal, I let myself fall back to the midfield, recharge. Keeping yourself cool and concentrated on your mission.

It's really hard to be consistent, and you have to know your body and know yourself.

I always like to stay even-keeled and just play the game the right way.

I learned to keep my mouth shut, to keep my hands down, just try to put the ball in the net. That is the best answer.

The basis of self-discipline: Don't allow the edges to blur.

We don't have to be smarter than the rest. We have to be more disciplined than the rest.

Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.

My father taught me that only through self-discipline can you achieve freedom. Pour water in a cup and you can drink; without the cup, the water would splash all over. The cup is discipline.

The disciplined are free.

It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.

Getting up at 6 A.M. to run is something that keeps you on the straight and narrow.

If you say you're going to do something, you do it. If you start it, you finish it. Yes sir, no ma'am. And you've got to have that kind of structure in your life. It kind of helped me be that disciplined person that I am, whether it's with workouts, film or just the game of football.

To be consistently effective, you must put a certain distance between yourself and what happens to you on the golf course. This is not indifference, it's detachment.

I've learned over the years that freedom is just the other side of discipline.

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.

Concentrate, don't embroider.