John Layfield Quotes

I have a little Nintendo DS, and I play these brain games that are supposed to stimulate your mind.

What makes me happy is just keeping my brain challenged and stimulated and on its toes.

Crossword puzzles, Sudoku... I'm good at all those things. It's not daily, but I'll do stuff on the airplane. I love playing chess. It's my favorite game.

I am interested in a lot of things - not just show business and my passion for animals. I try to keep current in what's going on in the world. I do mental exercises. I don't have any trouble memorizing lines because of the crossword puzzles I do every day to keep my mind a little limber. I don't sit and vegetate.

It's fun to use your brain.

When I was a kid, I really liked playing chess, which is pretty geeky; I just enjoyed it - thinking, exercising my mind. And I found computers to be like an eight-hour day chess game.

The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.

Sometimes I'll work through the crossword sections of three separate papers.

I have an overactive brain, and as a result of that, I can really get in my own mind. So I like to try and exercise it to the point of exhaustion.

I think it keeps your brain moving faster, singing in another language.

I love doing crosswords, it's so important to keep the brain going.

If the material is challenging, it forces you to challenge yourself when handling it.

I write with my left hand even though I'm right-handed, I walk backwards in a very safe place - anything that engages your brain.

I like when my mind is being stimulated and challenged, and I'm forced to be creative.

Talking about smart thinking, The British-made 'Brain Training Podcast' is a brief daily workout for the mind that could easily get addictive.

I speak four languages and read a great deal, so I do as much working out on the brain as I do on the body.

Just as dogs love to chew bones, the mind loves to get its teeth into problems. That's why it does crossword puzzles and builds atom bombs.

It's good to make your brain work more than your body.

Like our physical bodies, our memory becomes out of shape. As children, we are constantly learning new experiences, but by the time we reach our 20s, we start to lead a more sedentary life both mentally and physically. Our lives become routine, and we stop challenging our brains, and our memory starts to suffer.

Good thinkers always prime the pump of ideas. They always look for things to get the thinking process started, because what you put in always impacts what comes out.

Being on a sitcom stops me from getting Alzheimer's.

To make headway, improve your head.

Some people say video games rot your brain, but I think they work different muscles that maybe you don't normally use.

I obtain great satisfaction out of using my intellect.

Your brain, like your tongue, is a muscle. Practicing thinking by yourself really helps develop your brain, which you need throughout your day. I like to practice my thinking in a darkened room, alone.