Payne Stewart Quotes

I just want to say, if you're going crazy, take a break. I felt overwhelmed by stuff that wasn't satisfying me, things I was supposed to do for my career. I stopped and said, 'Let me get back to the basics.'

My shrink said to me once when I used to get really overwhelmed and super depressed because I was really run down between kids and the company and there was just so much going on - she said, 'You know, you have to look after you in order for you to look after everybody else.'

Whenever you see me and I'm hitting ground ball after ground ball, you know I'm not feeling right.

The challenge in my life really is keeping the balance between feeling creatively energized and fulfilled without feeling overwhelmed and like I'm in the middle of a battlefield.

I was either going onstage or going into an interview or getting on a plane. You can't really feel everything fully when you don't have the time to process.

I can handle the craziness some of the time, maybe most of the time. But I know I can't handle it all of the time.

I don't think I can do this anymore.

If you do things when you're burned out, it'll make you bitter.

I was losing sight of myself and started to get anxiety and stress. You work at such a pace and you don't have time to sit with yourself and think.

You are overwhelmed, overscheduled, and dejected because you keep trying to have it all - or at least most of it. You want a fulfilling job and personal life, and it's not working. The way out? Work more.

I think that in the last four or five years I've constantly struggled with the balance in my life.

We shouldn't force ourselves to do something that really is just painful to us. If there is a discrepancy between what we are doing or putting our bodies through and then what our minds are telling us, you really have to look at yourself, and the most essential part of it is the pleasure aspect.

I am on sabbatical as of right now, been too busy to think of about my OWN needs as of late.

You can't go over every beat, every second, and worry about how you can do it better - it'll eat you alive.

I'm a very emotional person. If I've got something on my mind, that would stop me from giving my best.

We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.

It's a nonstop schedule, really. I had lost myself somewhere.

I've never had a chance to sit down and enjoy what's happened - I've been too panicked about the next move. So I took some time out. I thought either I do this now or in 10 years' time I'll end up in the Priory.

It's all about balance and, I think, being in the moment.

I found out that I couldn't have a nervous breakdown. I tried a couple of times, but it just didn't work out. My mind, my body wouldn't let me.

I just can't operate with any direct awareness of the pressures I might be under.

I've learned a lot since I was a new mother. My approach to struggle and shame now is to talk to yourself like you'd talk to someone you love and reach out to tell your story.

I burnt myself out of skating. I was ready to focus on being a mom.

I loved my life, but my choices were overloading and overwhelming me. Listening to inner feelings and fulfilling some of these urges when they come along is incredibly important.

Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.