Ryan Hall Quotes

I think you have to go and fill your cup and do so diversely; otherwise, then you burn out.

It's important to just kind of get away from your sport until you miss it. It's about taking time to enjoy other aspects of life or learn new things. It helps rejuvenate.

I think sometimes the best training is to rest.

Resting for me is fitness training.

I want to help give people the ability to stop and take just a few minutes a day to regroup and refocus: to give them a chance to get perspective on the things that matter and the things that don't.

I have to take time occasionally to get away from the pressures of this business. If I don't, I think I would get stale, and that would show in my music.

Having a life outside of movies is like pure oxygen. It makes the work more precious and informed.

I needed to step back from cricket, international cricket in particular, to get away from the scrutiny and intensity. I love it but it was too much for me.

Sometimes it helps to take a couple days off, as weird as that sounds. Every once in a while, I could just shoot so many shots. You can get so, like, intense with it all. It's like in life, right? We're all created for a sabbath day or for a day of rest. You sometimes need that in shooting, too.

I think we all get a bit bogged down in our lives and our own careers and we have to take a step back and get a sense of proportion and perspective on things.

I needed to step back from cricket, international cricket in particular, just to get away from the scrutiny and intensity of everything. I love it but it was too much for me.

I need to recharge creatively, and get off the clock of having to be somewhere just because, and having to keep juggling all these things.

I needed to take a break from performing, and from the Peas, to be happy. I craved female time, and time with my husband to feed my soul. My life now is about being balanced. I'm passionate about work and working out, seeing friends and family, and letting my hair down once in a while.

For sleep, riches and health to be truly enjoyed, they must be interrupted.

A star needs all the rest she can get.

I think the most important thing is to have fun, and not to take things too seriously. Once you start doing that, then you'll start to crumble.

When you take the time to cleanse your physical body of accumulated stress and toxicity, you are rewarded with increased vitality and optimal health.

I think it's important to have as much as a normal life and take the time to get perspective because it only helps your work in the long run.

Make space in your life, space for health and happiness.

Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.

I was so happy to go to prom so I could have a mental break because I've been working so hard. It felt so good to feel normal for once, and then the next day, I was in the gym again.

I think it does Discworld good if I don't write about it all the time: sometimes you have to get it out of your system.

My job is to give everyone a chance to catch their breath and step back from all this and get back to work.

The basic thing is that I want to do the best work possible, and I can only do that if I'm relaxed and have a lot of energy. And that can only come from taking time off.

Do whatever rejuvenates you. It might be a cooking class, cocktails with the girls, or just private time with the hubby. We all have our moments where we run out of steam because we've given everything we've got to everyone else. Whoever decided that was a good thing? It's not. Everyone needs to refuel.