Reenergize Quotes

The band's never taken a year off. Last August we decided to take one, and three months in I was bored to tears.

You always feel pretty good after a bye, after a couple of days off. Not having a game, you freshen up a little.

It's hard to get to the point where you feel motivated and energized to go back in and create new music when you feel like you've just drained yourself by pouring everything you have into the previous project. It would be nice sometimes to take a longer break in between projects.

We've got to get our fans back. We've got to start winning and get our fans excited about the 76ers again... We're selling hope. This is about hope. We have hope that we have a chance to be good.

When I made the UFC, everyone said, 'You need to go overseas.' I thought I had to go as well, and I went to Tristar Gym, and I was there for one or two years. But changes were needed. I'd come off back-to-back losses - Court McGee and Stephen Thompson - and I needed to look at my roots and go back to the drawing board.

You need to take a little break sometimes. Then, hopefully, you get some more lead in your pencil, and you're raring to go again!

There are moments when you feel that the desire to work is fading, and the only way to bring it back is to get away from it, to put yourself in a state of frustration so you feel the need again.

Every team goes through a slump during the season. It's just a matter of how fast can you get out of it.

When not shooting, I love to catch up on my sleep.

Work is important, but you also need to disconnect, to unplug at times, in order to be even more concentrated when you do work.

The term we use on our team is 'reset': when you go through, whether it's a negative play or a negative drive, and you get your next opportunity - not focusing on the past, but going back into your attack mode.

Any time you get a bye week you embrace it as a player.

It helps me rejuvenate when I use my energy in different directions and then come back to acting.