Kate O'Brien Quotes

We've all been tired and thought we wanted a long vacation when all we needed was a few days off, but didn't know it.

I think I grew up really fast; I grew up in this really fast-paced business, and I never understood what it meant to take a break or take time off or recover, and I paid for it.

I'm certainly not a workaholic.

It is very important to take a break and feel fresh, which we Indian cricketers don't get much of, so we are not used to it.

Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful.

Bowmen bend their bows when they wish to shoot: unbrace them when the shooting is over. Were they kept always strung they would break and fail the archer in time of need. So it is with men. If they give themselves constantly to serious work, and never indulge awhile in pastime or sport, they lose their senses and become mad.

I believe in stopping work and eating lunch.

I needed to take a break from performing, and from the Peas, to be happy. I craved female time, and time with my husband to feed my soul. My life now is about being balanced. I'm passionate about work and working out, seeing friends and family, and letting my hair down once in a while.

I relax completely when I'm at rest. I don't think of numbers; I don't think of work.

I always thought that it's important to have other things, not just work, and I often even suggested my managers take some time off and come back fresh and ready to fight again.

I do virtually nothing except my work. No hobbies.

This hiatus coming up I'm looking at a comedy because I need the balance.

Almost the first thing I did when I became ill was to buy a truly good television set.

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 don't have a great deal of stress job-wise in my life, and that feels good.

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

Life isn't a 24/7 merry go round. If it were, you wouldn't get the 7 hours of sleep necessary to keep you fit and sane.

You can't work all your life.

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.

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 take a hiatus every now and again, but I'm not good at that.

Year by year we are learning that in this restless, strenuous American life of ours vacations are essential.

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.

Basically, between 1989 and 1994, I hadn't taken a vacation.

I'm very about football and very about my job, which doesn't get reported or won't get reported, but I am going to enjoy my time off. That's I think what everybody else does, and that's what I should do.