Chris Thile Quotes

Everywhere else in the day, my brain is in a thousand different places, but when I'm working out, I can only focus on the pain.

When exercising, be sure to focus your attention on what you are doing.

I find that I can't work and listen to radio - either I find I don't like it and it distracts me, or I do like it and I want to listen to it.

I love working out, but I need my brain to be someplace else as my body does the work.

To be honest, I don't enjoy watching movies much when I'm working. They tend to fall apart on me a bit.

I can't listen to music when I'm writing. I like music best in a car or on the train.

I need to have something else going on. I'm able to write a lot if I have an episode of 'Friday Night Lights' going on my computer.

I watch the TV or learn scripts while on the elliptical - need to get back on it!

I come up with the silliest excuses when it's time to work out. I'll be like, 'Oh no! Now I have to go and find some socks.'

You know, people think you have to be dumb to skip rope for 45 minutes. No, you have to be able to imagine something else. While you're skipping rope, you have to be able to see something else.

I don't have the attention span for sports.

I don't listen to music when I write. If I do, I usually end up giving it my whole attention, which means, unfortunately, I don't get much work done!

I usually Netflix when I'm on the treadmill.

We're encouraged by the engagement on ClassPass and the tremendous growth we've had that shows we are fulfilling our mission of helping people live a more active life.

I don't go to a gym. I find that really hard to do.

I don't think you can read poetry while you're watching television very well.

We have seen from experience that, if we are in the habit of walking regularly on the same road, we are able to think about other things while walking, without paying attention to our steps.

Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle.

I enjoy training so much, sometimes I don't want it to stop.

On the rare occasions I go to the gym, I prefer silence.

I had spent years thinking about one thing while I was doing another. I had, in fact, prided myself on being able to do two things at once.

I hate to work out. I get in a bad mood when I have to do it!

I feel like my competition is everything else that's competing for people's attention, not just other print magazines, newspapers and cable. It's your kid's report card and the games you want to play, all the things that compete for people's time.

I love being physical, but I am extreme either way. I can be superfit. And then I can be really lazy and ignore everything.

I try to do a variety of physical activities. I spin, take classes at Barry's Boot Camp, go to the gym, use home DVD's of ChaLEAN Extreme workouts, which I think are brilliant, and I run around after my three girls. Also, let's be honest. The amount of laundry I do is an exercise in and of itself!