Joe Lando Quotes

I have an incredibly supportive family... and I don't have much of a social life.

It is important to feel the support of my family. Mentally, I can get away from everything that is football when I come home to be with them. Yes, work is a pleasure, but there will always be family.

Sometimes it was difficult to make friends and be social in school because I was always practicing while other kids were getting together and doing things. But it just made me closer to my family, and I realized that they would always be there no matter what.

My family keeps me sane. I try to talk to my mum every other day. After I get off the phone, I have a renewed sense of clarity, so I guess a problem shared is a problem lost. It's important to me to keep them close.

It's easy to isolate yourself when you're buried in work, or to rely only on work friends for empathy. And while your work friends will always 'get it' more than your life partner, they don't know how to comfort you like your partner does.

Of course I'd like someone in my life. And of course, when I go home in the evening, I wish there was someone waiting for me. But very honestly, I don't have time to be lonely. My work fills up most of my day, and when I get home, I just want to sleep.

The principal contributor to loneliness in this country is television. What happens is that the family 'gets together' alone.

Being on your own would be sad, sick and weird. I don't trust myself. I need that balance.

Since Michael died I think I've worked constantly. Friends and colleagues are very sustaining. They're the people who get you through it... It's no good to be on your own.

Keep in mind that to avoid loneliness, many people need both a social circle and an intimate attachment. Having just one of two may still leave you feeling lonely.

Friends and relatives might be surprised that I think of myself as lonely. I'm married to a man I not only love but like, and we spend a lot of time together. If I feel like socializing, I can usually find someone to meet for coffee or a drink.

The interesting thing is why we're so desperate for this anesthetic against loneliness.

I don't mind being an only child; never have. I am lucky, though, that I have my friend Emily, who grew-up very close to me and so, there is someone I have shared memories with. I would miss that if I didn't have it, I think.

I basically sat around unemployed in Sydney for three years straight, and the two things that saved me were the rugby league and my dog.

I'm perpetually lonely.

You do stand alone sometimes. But my mother stood by me through all this.

Remember that although the distinction can be difficult to draw, loneliness and solitude are different.

It's no fun being lonely.

Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.

My family is very good about visiting me, and other friends as well.

Experiencing those moments of being alone... is a very, very weird flooring and exposing position to be in when you're just not used to it... But I've never been lonely. And with my kids Mia and Joe that remains the case.

Isolation is the worst possible counselor.

My problems seemed so glamorous to other people, and everyone just thought I was so lucky. But then, I was lucky because my family was really there for me - San Francisco was a real refuge.

I've actually read that isolation is the enemy, so why do that to myself?

Music helped me, growing up: it very much felt like a companion and made me less lonely.