Horace Silver Quotes

It's important to take time off because it's a long journey this life, and I want to be singing in 30 years' time. You see a lot of artists who get caught up in the here and now, and they just burn themselves out, and I kind of did that myself with my third album.

You don't get better as you get older in your career. It's not natural to have your best years late in your career. So I'm trying to do whatever I can to keep my body feeling good for as long as I can.

Your body is like a machine, and if you don't keep it in shape, it holds you back. You don't want anything holding you back, especially yourself.

As far as wrestling goes, as long as my body is able to withstand the physical beating, I will keep wrestling.

A great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used up.

For 40 years, I put my body through a tremendous amount of work.

It's not easy waking up every single morning knowing what you're going to put your body through and having to do it. We don't have days off.

I think it's important to take a break, you know, from the public eye for a while, and give people a chance to miss you. I want longevity. I don't want to get out there and run myself ragged and spread myself thin.

When you're doing a movie, your body doesn't allow you to get sick until you finish.

It's almost negligible sleep and insane amounts of plane rides, but I'm doing it. Your body is screaming out to you to not abuse it so much, but I love what I do in my Hindi films as well as with 'Quantico,' and I want to be able to balance both.

I want to last in my career, and that relies on the way my body performs. So I need to take care of it.

I need to maintain my performance levels high for many seasons. I hope I can do that.

If you look after yourself and are willing to adapt - there is no reason why you can't play at the top level until your late 30s.

I focus on staying healthy, going to the gym, and I go out there and fight.

There's going to be wear and tear on your body; that's just the nature of the sport, no matter if you're a rookie or if you're 10 years deep in the league.

I want to be a champion for a long time, and I want to take the least amount of punishment possible doing so.

The game takes a toll on your body.

I can play until I'm 40. But I won't.

If you can play the game later in your career very similar to how you played earlier in your career, then it bodes well for you to play longer and play better longer.

You play 162 days, and you play every day, or you try to play every day, and it's going to take a toll on your body. But that's what we're out here for. We're out here to play.

He who has always spared himself much will in the end become sickly of so much consideration. Praised be what hardens!

I just prepare and train to be able to stay on top as long as I can and retire on top.

Playing 82 games is a haul, and with eight or nine exhibition games, it's a long process. You've got to take care of your body and make sure you're getting your work in and staying healthy throughout the whole season.

Fighting, for me, is not a career - it's an opportunity. I'm going to take full advantage of it and do it as long as I can. As long as my body lets me and I'm healthy enough to do it naturally, I'll do it.

Training camp for me is a day-by-day thing. It's a grind. If you lose focus on what you're trying to work on, you won't be there mentally, and it'll be tough physically.