Dakin Matthews Quotes

In the past, I had workaholic issues.

I'm not a workaholic, but I was a bit manic, I have to confess.

I'm so wrapped up in my work that it's often impossible to consider other things in my life. My marriage ended in divorce because of this, my relationship with Holly has suffered by this.

I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take a good hard look at workaholism and it's effect on one's mental health.

I'm not a workaholic!

I'm a workaholic and there is no other engagement in my life.

I can't stop working!

Many a man works himself to death by burying himself in his work.

I stop short of being a workaholic.

I'm an extreme workaholic.

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.

In the past, I've thrown myself into work so much there's been very little room for anything else.

I have an inability to relax. I try to make every day a work day. I get pleasure from work... I try to think of sketch ideas, stand-up pieces. I am incapable of leisure and leisure time.

I fill my life with a lot of 'busyness' in between jobs. Then I work very hard. Some of it is quite unhealthy. It's compulsive. I don't know what to do about it. I'm a little old to change.

I am a compulsive worker. But I'm also a compulsive relaxer.

I have absolutely no rituals or routines other than I work obsessively and think constantly about my work, to the dismay and discomfort of everyone I employ. And my family.

A lot of times, I put my own personal health to the side, focusing on work or family or getting ahead. At the end of the day, you're just exhausted on your couch and haven't made that doctor's appointment, didn't make that phone call, and feel terrible.

I'm a workaholic, and so I've always got to be doing stuff.

I'm certainly not a workaholic.

Sustained exhaustion is not a rite of passage. It's a mark of stupidity.

Being a wrestler, it can get rough in terms of your mindset, just having that mentality embedded in you where you just wanna go, go, go, 100 miles per hour, always redlining your body and never actually taking the time out to let your body recover the right way. As I got older, I started to realized that less sometimes is more.

Work is an addiction. I've always done too much. It's in my nature.

Over-working gets less done. We all have experienced this. We can push ourselves to exhaustion, but things get done with less attention, and our bodies eventually break down.

I've been told I'm a workaholic.

I am a workaholic - my family will agree with that.