Switching Off Quotes

I find that a small sacrifice such as switching off my phone and blocking out work helps me stay balanced.

When I was playing Dracula I had to switch off from the reality and fall into this fantasy world. Otherwise I just couldn't cope with what I was doing. It's about switching off. It is about trying to flick a switch, which you have to do.

I don't have the answer to finding the balance because I think, well, maybe successful people don't switch off.

When I was on the court, I played. When I trained, I trained hard. But as soon as that thing was over, I switched off and enjoyed my life.

Over analyse, paralyse, you mustn't over analyse... Do you wake up at four in the morning and wonder who should be playing left-back? Four? I would love to sleep that long. If you want a really long career you have to find a way of switching off. I do it when I'm out walking my dog, Alex Ferguson got into horses, others get into wine. Some players like going shopping, which is not my scene. A lot of them turn to golf. I tried it, didn't like it. I have to walk. If I couldn't I'd be in a padded cell by now.

Playing football was like being trapped in a rhythm, and my whole career was like that. You have very little time to switch off.

I'm a big gamer, so I love my PlayStation to switch off from triathlon.

When I read, I'm either reading to learn, or I'm reading to switch off.

When we go out to train, we work hard, but when we're back in the hotel, you want to chill out. People want to switch off from football because you spend so much time doing it. For me, switching off means playing jokes.

Switch clicking off in my head, turning the hot light off and the cool night on and — [He looks up, smiling sadly.] — all of a sudden there's—peace!

They say, 'TV is not a captive audience,' but it definitely is. You can easily switch off the bloody television.

My mind tends to operate a bit like a radar. I don't find it hard to switch off.

I think I've owned all the models of iPods so far. And these days between my iPod, iPhone and my personal laptop computer, I'm someone who is very, very grateful for all the ways to listen to music and completely switch off from people around me and listen to the music in detail, which is very hard to do if you're in a room with other people.

I have modes, mental modes that I get in, and when I'm on the road, I focus very much on doing the work. On playing the show, on being good every night. And part of me just gets switched off. The part that's very private and very personal and very intimate. That especially, that part of me gets shut off.

I am content, ambitious and equally know the need to switch off from work. My world is big enough to go beyond movies too.