Mark Hoppus Quotes

When you're an adult, things mellow out. I think when you're a teenager and you are sad and the world is ending, everything is about that one sadness.

I'll worry about something and get stressed whereas Ant is usually a bit more chilled about things.

I was just dying to get out of my twenties.

You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Now, I'm getting a little older, got more responsibility, I don't need to be depressed.

I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.

Well, I could do it for a day, but I wouldn't want to be a teenager again. I really wouldn't.

I went a little nuts in my twenties, but I just turned thirty and I feel, like, older now.

Get this in mind early: We never grow up.

'What if?' statements throw fuel on the fire of stress and worry. Things can go in a million different directions, and the more time you spend worrying about the possibilities, the less time you'll spend focusing on taking action that will calm you down and keep your stress under control.

A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.

I didn't put out this album because I wanted everybody to know I was grown up. I'm 21 and that's not grown up.

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

We never worry about the big things, just the small things.

Anything will worry me. I may not get a check for the light bill off in time and I just get to worrying. I'm a worrywart.

On the scale of someone who's really laid-back about stuff and someone who worries a lot, I fall more towards the latter.

When I look back at my life now, I'm not amazed by what I did at 16 to 21.

I really wish I worried less.

I am well. Do not worry about my health.

I used to love getting older.

If you are anxious, if you doubt yourself, if you stress over everything, it ultimately means you really care about what you do.

I'm not a big worrier because I just think stress is just not a good thing... it's just like, what's the point?

When you have a concussion, one of the symptoms that is common is anxiety. Imagine having the normal amount of anxieties that everybody shares - about life and meeting people in social spaces, whatever. Imagine that being multiplied by 10, 20. And so your worry over people's perceptions of you multiplies.

I still feel pressure - I'm sure everyone who plays feels pressure - but I don't feel it as much now as when I was younger.