Wise players exert self-control, only letting themselves die once or twice a day, avoiding permanent death.

Ego depletion has a general effect, such that exerting self-control in one area will use up energy for further regulation in other areas of life.

Jeffrey exerted tremendous self-control to master this latest lesson in command and diplomacy: patience.

Vroom's "expectancy theory" provides an account of when people may decide to exert self-control in pursuit of a particular goal.

We've made it incredibly easy not to exert self-control, even when we really should.

When people expect to have to exert self-control later, they will curtail current performance more severely than if no such demands are anticipated.

Incus, who had been on the point of objecting violently a moment before, exerted self-control.

The laughter derives from the attempt to exert self-control against the constancy and profoundness of hunger.

Many things affect one's ability to exert self-control, but self-control particularly requires sufficient glucose levels in the brain.

Exerting self-control through the executive functions in decision making is held in some theories to deplete one's ability to do so in the future.