Dick York Quotes

It's very difficult to advocate for yourself while you're in excruciating pain.

2014 was physically a tough year because I injured my knee, and you know how that goes with your emotions and the mentality.

The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.

I think, mentally, you sometimes need a break. But for me, my body is built so that if I don't work out, that's when I put more stress on my body and get more tired.

I just want to say to anybody out there who suffers with chronic pain, I feel you. It takes over your life. It affects you emotionally, mentally, physically.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

When I leave the car park at Melwood, I try and become a completely different person. I try to get away from it. You have got to. Otherwise you end up like Jamie Carragher - obsessed!

I'm miserable: that's why I have such a bad back, because I'm endlessly stressing out about my career.

Talking to my mental coach definitely helps. I talk to her every week. Yeah, I mean, she's been helping me a lot, too.

Sometimes, getting up in the morning and brushing your teeth is the hardest part of the day - it all just hurts.

Everybody needs a way out of that pain. Many people choose drugs and alcohol. Some people obsessively exercise or develop strange dietary habits, which is what I did. At least it got me toward a path of healthier living.

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance.

Some teachers feel that if they ask for emotional help, they're a failure. But teaching is a team sport.

I took pain pills to get to sleep because I didn't want to go to work the next day exhausted.

Personally, I don't stretch, I don't get massages. Maybe massages would be useful, but I just don't have the time for it.

I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.

I'm a big believer of work/life balance. You need a little down time to recharge to make sure that when you're here, you're really all here. I still have a child in high school, so I go to her sporting events, even if it means leaving work and working again when I get home. I probably should work out a little more than I do.

If I didn't have my profession, I think I would be sitting in a nuthouse. But I have been unceasingly at work, and this has been very healthy for me. So I had no need for therapy.

I believe that if I come home from a stressful day on the set, I just have to leave it there.

I have successfully dealt with my dependence and my chronic pain issues. I ask that my privacy and that of my family be respected on this health issue.

It's not like I'm not constantly dealing with a litany of injuries that I have myself. If it's not one thing, it's another thing, but I've just been able to keep rolling.

I love my job, but it can be a little stressful at times. And reading has become a really healthy escape.

My body is not the same anymore for training. It's too much pain. I did more than 14 surgeries. I left everything in the Octagon.

I used to take life so seriously; I got so stressed.

I guess I don't really let the stress of my family weigh on my career, weigh on my options anymore, which I think we all need freedom from.