Estelle Parsons Quotes

Work is so much fun that it doesn't really seem like downtime when I'm not. But cooking, spending time with my family, friends and dog are what I'm usually doing when I'm not working on something.

When I'm not working, I don't do lots of glamorous things.

Remember to do the things you enjoy away from swimming, regularly.

Of course I have a personal life.

How to use your leisure time is the biggest problem of a ballplayer.

I have a life outside of skating.

In one sense, what happens for me outside of cricket gives me that break - the farming means I have a really different life outside of cricket; it's not just cricket, cricket, cricket for 12 months of the year.

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.

Assuming I'm home and don't have an event, I'll have a massage or I'll talk on the phone.

I've learned from the past that it's important to recharge and get time in-between jobs, and if I can't get time in-between jobs then when I know I've got some time coming up at the end of a job, really try and take advantage of that. And do very mundane things at home and putter in the garden and spend time with family and make music and, you know, play with the dogs. Just get back to being me.

At least once a week, I try to have one day where I have nothing planned so I can get up and just go back to bed and lay around and recharge my batteries.

I have a hard time with free time.

And then, I do love my shopping, but actually, lounging is the big thing.

I am very lucky because when I come back home, I have a completely normal life. I can relax, playing golf, fishing - doing what I want. I know when I finish a tournament, I am going to relax at home.

I try to only read light things when I'm working on my books, and in the evenings I watch a lot of mindless TV. I have to break up the 'dark,' or I wouldn't be a very happy person.

Free time keeps me going.

I don't need a vacation in the traditional sense, like I would if I had a job I hated.

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

Personally, when I'm not working, I like to do as many things outside of the industry as I can - other things that make me happy. You kind of need to be grounded in something else besides just being an actor.

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 just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do.

Now that I'm older, I see the benefits of having free time to release energy.

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.

People have different passions, people have hobbies, people have lives outside their job, and nowadays it seems like the only thing we are allowed to do is train and play football.

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