Phil Neville Quotes

I'm a long distance runner, and I get my best ideas when I'm out running. It also helps that I can't write it down immediately - if you hold onto an idea, other things will stick on it.

My favorite part of running is the thinking time.

I think I have some of my clearest thoughts when I'm out running.

I'd always liked jogging because it was a place to think.

A lot of times, some of my best ideas happen when I'm running. That's when I do my best thinking.

I loved the feeling of freedom in running, the fresh air, the feeling that the only person I'm competing with is me.

I run hills anytime I really have to think.

Some of the best writing I've done, whether I'm shooting a story or thinking of a script, I write it in my head as I'm running. Running literally jogs my brain.

When I run, I think about everything: physics, family problems, plans for the weekend. I haven't made any big discoveries on a run, but it does give me time to think through problems. Some solutions are obvious, but they are only obvious when you are relaxed enough to find them.

I guess I started running when I was about 18 and... I feel like it assists my creativity a bit because it completely just flushes everything out.

I do find walking is fundamental to my creative process.

That's what I do now: I lead and I teach. If we win basketball games from doing that, then that's great, but I lead and teach. Those are the two things I concentrate on.

When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so much losing yourself but you're sort of in the zone.

'Get up and hit a home run,' has never been a part of the usable technique of any manager.

Going for a really long run, a bike ride, or cross-country skiing helps me get away from all the noise. I tell myself, 'The pain you're feeling, just enjoy it because it's going to help you across that finish line first.' If you're having a crap day, go for a run. It makes a big difference.

I've run 350 days a year for 20-plus years, and never once have I listened to music. It's a time for me to think, listen to natural sounds, be outside.

I don't think I'm any different than most coaches, honestly. Maybe Steve Kerr. The guy never loses.

I think Tom Coughlin is an amazing motivator. When you look at his personality, you say, 'Oh, I don't know about that.' But there's some ability he has to laser-focus a football team when it's most important. He seems to be a real valuable asset, kind of Knute Rocke almost.

I like to go out on my bike. That's when I do my thinking. Two or three hours on the roads - that's when you get time, and you can think without problems.

I go from my room to the ballpark and play baseball. I try to keep it simple.

Running gives me the confidence to be at my peak throughout the rest of my day.

I don't listen to music when I run; I like the quiet. It gives me time to think about my family, our businesses, the farm - there's not much I don't think about, to be honest.

Running! If there's any activity happier, more exhilarating, more nourishing to the imagination, I can't think what it might be. In running the mind flies with the body; the mysterious efflorescence of language seems to pulse in the brain, in rhythm with our feet and the swinging of our arms.

To think is to confine yourself to a single thought that one day stands still like a star in the world's sky.

Sometimes it's better to just be quiet, to not think of anything at all. Out of silence comes the greatest creativity.