Robin Leach Quotes

After my health suffered due to the stress of running my second company, I had to switch careers. But I still didn't want to go back to the corporate world. So I became an academic.

When it ceases to be fun, I'll stop and just stay in my restaurants.

Personally, one of the down sides of founding a company is that there is always too much work to do, and sadly I find I don't have much time to code any more.

There's a lot of reasons I had to move on. Family's definitely a big part of it. And the longevity of my career - I played for 15 years, and I was just tired of the whole international scene. It's quite busy. Very stressful.

I was a professional and did my best to prepare for every fight, but after PRIDE Grand Prix, to be honest, I didn't have motivation to go on.

Being the one-woman label that I am takes a toll on you; you have to do everything.

I've been told I'm a workaholic.

These people that are in consuming jobs - you forget to do one thing. And that's to take care of yourself.

Nineteen ninety-five, when I was still with Jordan, was the lowest moment. It was my third season and the travel was getting to me and I was missing my family. I felt under a lot of pressure and even thought of going to America - to race there.

Americans of all backgrounds and in all kinds of circumstances are stressed out by feeling overwhelmed and being over-committed.

I'm going to quit when I feel like I'm not having fun anymore or I'm not competitive.

Burn-out can be an issue if you are playing too many games.

Most of the stress we feel here in Silicon Valley is self-inflicted.

You can't ever get sick on a soap: we work really long hours, the show is on TV five nights a week, and it's random and chaotic.

Sometimes when you turn a hobby into a job, it becomes work.

I'm afraid I'm a complete workaholic perfectionist.

When you play a lot of games in a row, and you come off the pitch thinking, 'I can't do this no more,' then it is time to look at something else, whether you have six months left on your contract or four years.

I worked myself into a frenzy. By 1996, I had a nervous breakdown just from working. I couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, just getting anxiety attacks and all of that stuff because I was doing too much, too young, all the time.

When your hobby becomes a full-time job that pays you and the people around you, it's not fun anymore.

I'm supposed to be everywhere all the time!

The truth is, if we abuse ourselves with too much work and too little play, our body is eventually going to fight back, and the results can be terrible.

Few in these hot, dim, strenuous times are quite sane or free; choked with care like clocks full of dust, laboriously doing so much good and making so much money - or so little, they are no longer good for themselves.

If I cannot rest and relax, all the work I do is for naught.

If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll.

Most everyone I know feels frazzled and overwhelmed most of the time.