Matthew Walker Quotes

I would sleep 12 hours a day if I could.

I try to get 11 or 12 hours of sleep a night. It sounds excessive but that's really what I need.

I get very, very little sleep.

I'm the type of person that cannot survive if I have a lack of sleep. I just turn into an angry monster so I have to be pretty consistent about getting a good night's rest and, you know, even if that means saying no to a dinner date or going out somewhere.

But the important thing is to lie down and fall asleep. That little nap means you wake up fresh again and can continue.

I get between nine and ten hours of sleep. Go to bed at 8:30 and get up at 6:00 or 6:30 if I oversleep.

I get less and less sleep these days, so when I have any down time all I want to do is sleep!

I get like six or so hours of sleep a night.

Unfortunately, I suffer from insomnia, so my bedtime is as soon as I start to feel the least bit sleepy.

I never manage to get to bed early on Sunday night but this doesn't matter, as I don't know one level of exhaustion from another.

I get as much sleep as possible. When I get home, I have just enough energy to lay out my clothes and go to bed.

Lack of sleep makes me less productive. I need a good seven or eight hours a night.

I don't need much sleep.

I'm not one who can get by on six hours sleep night after night. You can see it on my face and hear it in my voice. When working 14-hour days, I have to go home, go to sleep, and wake up in time for crew call. I hate naps. They throw me off the rest of the day.

There is no magic. There is no secret. You need your sleep. A lot of our society tries to get by, but the truth is it is up to each individual to get their optimal sleep amount. If you get less than that you can get by temporarily, but it's only temporary.

I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn't sleep.

Sunday I try to make up for some sleep I lost the week before and bank some for the next week.

Sleep is all about recovering. So if you're not sleeping, you're not recovering. And if you're going to break your body down a lot, you better find ways to build it back up. And the only way to do that is get a lot of sleep. So for me, I go to bed at like 8:30, 9:00. As soon as I put my kids to bed. Because I'm up at 5:30 the next day.

I need my sleep.

Falling asleep is like landing a plane. It takes time. You've got to sort of gradually descend. I think one of the problems with insufficient sleep is people are not very good at predicting how poorly they are doing when they are under-slept.

Some people seem to survive on very little sleep but I am definitely not one of them.

The only thing I'm obsessed with is sleeping. I'm really good at it and if I don't do it I'm horrible.

I really rely on sleep, and some people call me 'The Bear' for my hibernating.

I'll get up at 5 or 6. I try to catch up on sleep on the weekends, so I'll try to get seven hours of sleep. During the week, my ideal is to go to bed at 9 and wake up six hours later.

I would like to make sleeping my new hobby, except that I'm too tired, really, to have a hobby. But a girl can always dream.