Max von Sydow Quotes

I am not one of those people who want to work 24/7.

I think if you only work, then you won't have a life. It's tough to have a life when you're working a lot.

I like to live life and not work every second of the day, and spend time with my family and stuff like that. Balance is very important for me.

I don't want to work all of the time.

You can't work all your life.

In college, everything's structured. In the NBA, it's like, you have a lot of free time, and you have to use it wisely. A lot of the time, you're in a hotel room all day. And rest is really the most important thing. Then, just trying to enjoy yourself and have fun.

I am a compulsive worker. But I'm also a compulsive relaxer.

I try to not work too many Sundays. At least on Sunday nights, I try to chill out a little bit. I call it Sunday Funday.

Everything is about balance. You can't work, work, work, work without any play.

I'm a workaholic, but I also like to vacation.

The way I balance life and skating is by enjoying the time I spend away from the rink. When I am not on the ice, I am not focusing on skating.

I'm a big believer in doing what you've got to do, but taking a breather when you can.

We have this cultural obsession with work and productivity as if we're better people if we don't stop and take some time for ourselves.

I advise all the young kids to not overwork. You can't be out there blowing hard. You have to pace yourself.

I tell my staff, 'Give me your best, and then go home and live your life.' I've never asked anyone to work harder, but I've told plenty that they needed rest.

I stop short of being a workaholic.

I definitely felt like I needed a break, because when you do so much, you're not able to appreciate the things that you accomplish.

I just enjoy both working and not working. And fortunately, I work enough where I get that out of my system, and then we take a few days off, take a rest.

It's important to have balance in your life between work and play.

Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.

Am I a workaholic? Yes, but I also have no problem taking time for myself.

I'm certainly not a workaholic.

I definitely like not working sometimes. It's so fun. I just love sleeping in. In America, everyone is driven to succeed and wake up and do something. But I don't care. I want to sleep in. I want to relax. I don't want to have to get up every day.

Rest is key. I need to get the right rest time and family time to stay refreshed. My downtime is for family activity. That's all about there is. I never switch off. Running my day-to-day golf business is a fairly busy one. There's a lot of moving parts and I'm trying to simplify it and make it easier.

I don't have a real life. I just work all the time.