Allan McNish Quotes

I'm a car fanatic and each morning I wake up with a smile on my face, whether I'm commentating on the Formula One or at Silver Hatch racetrack in Roary the Racing Car.

I'm sure Alex will be having to get the masseurs in to work on those legs. You feel tired when you're losing but when you are winning it gives you that bit of an edge.

I like a deep sports massage - a casual beating up. I try to get them whenever I can, usually more if I'm getting in shape for a role.

Whenever you're coming off a serious injury, it takes time to heal.

The body needs to rest. It needs a lot less exercise than you think.

When you're in a fight camp, you're working your body harder than normal and it's important to still look after yourself and to relax.

It is important to have down time between training and matches.

Since I'm playing so many matches, I just need to rest. Every nap, it's very welcoming.

When you're tired, you say, 'Hey, I need to rest from tennis or something.'

I like to look after myself, so that's stretching or ice baths, and as soon as I get home, I just sleep anyway; it's all part of recovery.

In the offseason I allow my body to recover, my mind to recover. I like to be with my family, to read books, and know what is going on in the world, to understand how people think.

I try to get as close to 10 hours of sleep each night, as sleep is the best form of recovery.

Let ease and rest at times be given to the weary.

It would be quite good to be a Formula 1 racecar driver.

Rest is the sweet sauce of labor.

No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one.

All of us needed time to rest. And we had time - four months of it - to take all the rest in the world.

My body is a little bit sore from all of the practicing and playing and training, and your mind gets a little tired of it, too. It's nice to be able to recharge and come back fresh for the remainder of the year.

There are other ways I think of myself as spoiling myself ... I ... get a massage once a week. Other people can, I didn't used to, and I can now.

Vacations prove that a life of pleasure is overrated.

It's alright, you can afford to lose a day or two

It is in human nature to relax, when not compelled by personal advantage or disadvantage.

Relaxation is a physical and moral necessity. Animals, even to the simplest and dullest, have their games, their sports, their diversions. The toil-worn artisan, stooping and straining over his daily task, which taxes eye and brain and limb, ought to have opportunity and means for an hour or two of relaxation after that task is concluded.

Even the soldiers need a break sometimes.

The soreness I have is expected. I have total movement.