Discipline
Over his career, Scholes received 91 yellow and 4 red cards in the Premier League, making him the third most booked player in Premier League history He was also been booked 32 times in the Champions League, more than any other player in the competition. Scholes' tackling has drawn criticism from figures in the game such as Arsène Wenger who stated "for me he was not a fair player. There’s a little bit of a darker side in him, sometimes, that I did not like. I respect him highly as a quality player but I did not like some things he did on the football pitch".
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Famous quotes containing the word discipline:
“Discipline isn’t just punishing, forcing compliance or stamping out bad behavior. Rather, discipline has to do with teaching proper deportment, caring about others, controlling oneself and putting someone else’s wishes before one’s own when the occasion calls for it.”
—Lawrence Balter (20th century)
“If surrealism ever comes to adopt a particular line of moral conduct, it has only to accept the discipline that Picasso has accepted and will continue to accept.”
—André Breton (1896–1966)
“... the surest test of discipline is its absence.”
—Clara Barton (1821–1912)