Amy Hoggart Quotes

I don't want to think of life after competing. But if I were to do anything else I'd go down the psychology route. That's what interests me.

My life isn't much different than when I worked full time as a journalist.

I always thought that if I got no love at all early in my standup career, or I was god awful, I thought I'd get into psychology.

I don't see myself doing catalog shoots in Madrid anymore like I was doing two years ago. I hope that the acting side of things grows.

I always thought that there was going to be life after baseball, and so I designed that in my life I would have other interests after baseball that I would be able to step into. And I didn't realize the grip that baseball had on me and on my family.

It's a very neurotic time we live in, this postanalytical period where everybody goes to a shrink to solve their problems.

Switching from one career to another can be scary, but it also can be a thrilling experience. Look at it as an opportunity to really go after what you want to accomplish in life and make a difference in the world. The key is to take small, conscious steps and prepare yourself for a successful transition.

Health-wise, I couldn't have said what my life expectancy would've been if I'd just carried on doing solid blocks of stand-up.

Now I am ready to set new goals and start a new career for myself outside of the ring.

I'm not a big fan of psychoanalysis: I think if you have mental problems what you need are good pills. But I do think that if you have thinks that bother you, things that are unresolved, the more that you talk about them, write about them, the less serious they become.

Well, I think I've had a fairly meandering career.

I couldn't concentrate on music. So I made the choice to give up my career as a musician in the frontline to deal with the business.

After my health suffered due to the stress of running my second company, I had to switch careers. But I still didn't want to go back to the corporate world. So I became an academic.

I honestly don't want to act anymore.

I tried to make a distinct point that I wasn't retiring - that I was moving on.

My goal is to become a therapist by the time I'm 50.

When we are caught up in the nature of our work and are asked to take on another job or position, rarely do we step back and ask ourselves, 'What do I really want to do? What is it at this point in my career and life that is important to me?'

When you get to a certain age, you have to make a decision for yourself: if you want to get old in the industry, and you want to play maybe a few parts that come along now and then - or what else in life interests you?

If I had a whole other life, I'd be a psychiatrist.

When I first started out in the industry, I was 12 or whatever, and I wanted to be on something so bad, and I didn't know what I was going to be on. At the time, I was in school, and I was working on drama and theatrical stuff, so I never thought that I'd end up going to comedy.

I wasn't happy with how I left England. I didn't like where my mind was football wise. I felt like football was coming second.

Most people don't go back to trial work after being in management, but I couldn't do anything else.

I want to enjoy work and enjoy my life. I can't get stressed with competition.

I try to pace my life out and try not to be too involved with negativity and try to fix what I can fix in my life.

I grew up in Singapore, and I went to Australia for law school, and after law school, I started doing stand-up comedy.