“Boxing is an ego-driven sport. The idea is to not get too personal or emotional with it. You just know when it's over, it's over, and that's it.” KnowsIdeasSportsEmotionalEgoDrivenBoxingOver It Author:Mike Tyson
“A birth we embark on a good journey, seeking a destination of happiness. The journeys on our life-road facilitate development of our emotional, mental, physical and spiritual states-of-being, into a way of true power and wisdom. The Heart-center power, expressed as happiness and love, will guide us upward on a path away from frustration, bitter toil and travail. These journeys are directed inward, not outwardly in material mementos of ego and possession. The lesson is relearning that which has been suppressed and forgotten, in ourselves, since our earliest childhood.” WayHeartHas BeensStatesSpiritualPathOur LivesJourneyChildhoodEmotionalMaterialsDevelopmentBirthLessonsEgoAnd LoveForgottenSeekingPossessionGuidesBitterFrustrationDestinationInwardToilFacilitateHappiness And LoveTrue PowerMemento Author:R. Carlos Nakai
“It's an ego issue. You can bruise my ego but all bruises are healed now. Ego is through the roof again, confidence level is through the roof again. Gotta keep my attitude and positive mindset. I don't even remember the last fight. I hate to say it... I know I was emotional. I'm a real emotional person. If you put everything you have into one basket and it doesn't work, it's emotional to me. When I lose, it takes a piece of my heart away. I'm not a competitor that deals with loss well.” IfsKnowsWellsHeartPersonsRealLastsRememberHateFightingLosesLossLevelsDealsAttitudeIssuesPiecesEmotionalMy HeartEgoI HateMindsetWorking ItRoofCompetitorsHealedPositive MindsetBasketsMy AttitudeBruisesEmotional Person Author:Joe Warren
“Putting your ego aside and confronting your weaknesses and just letting things happen is hard. Not to use a Scientology term, but it's difficult to do an emotional or an artistic audit.” HardUseHappensDifficultTermEmotionalEgoWeaknessThings HappenArtisticConfrontingScientologyLetting Things Happen Author:Annie E. Clark
“I'm an athlete, my job is not negotiating, it's not my field of expertise. I'm an emotional guy - it's normal, a lot of athletes are, and we're very susceptible to get our ego cut because of that.” JobsGuyCuttingFieldsEmotionalEgoNormalAthleteExpertiseSusceptibleNegotiating Author:Georges St-Pierre
“And how do you know when you're doing something right? How do you know that? It feels so. What I know now is that feelings are really your GPS system for life. When you're supposed to do something or not supposed to do something, your emotional guidance system lets you know. The trick is to learn to check your ego at the door and start checking your gut instead.” KnowsFeelsFeelingsDoorsEmotionalEgoTricksChecksGuidanceGutsDo You KnowGraduationGps Author:Oprah Winfrey
“Humility is born of the spirit, humiliation of the ego.” SpiritBornHumilityEmotionalEgoEmotional IntelligenceHumiliationHumiliated Author:Alan Cohen
“...the goal of all spiritual life is to get your ego out of the way - outwit the sucker; dissolve it; shoot it; kill it. Silence the incessant planning, organizing, running, manipulating, possessing, and processing"... "because these activities preclude awareness of the Divine.” WayLifeGodRunningSpiritualLife IsGoalSilenceAwarenessEmotionalDivineActivityEgoKillingPlanningShootingManipulationSpiritual LifeOrganizeJudaismPossessingHebrewSuckerProcessingIncessantDissolvingEmotional BaggageOutwitting Author:Lawrence Kushner
“The punishment – to the body, the brain, the spirit – a man must endure to become even a moderately good boxer is inconceivable to most of us whose idea of personal risk is largely ego-related or emotional.” MenIdeasBodySpiritBrainRiskEmotionalEgoEndurePunishmentRelatedBoxers Book:On Boxing Source: On Boxing
“The whole point of life is to maximize your emotional income. Getting that ball and going is a tremendous physical thrill, an ego thrill, a personal power satisfaction.” LifeWholeLife IsPowerEmotionalEgoBallsSatisfactionIncomeThrillPersonal Power Author:John McNally