Petra Kvitova Quotes

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

If I cannot rest and relax, all the work I do is for naught.

My husband is always telling me I need to do less, do less, do less. But I feel like if I'm not being productive, I have a hard time relaxing and enjoying myself.

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

The basic thing is that I want to do the best work possible, and I can only do that if I'm relaxed and have a lot of energy. And that can only come from taking time off.

I have a very full and busy life and occasionally I am asked, Scotty, how can you do all that you do? The most telling reply I can give is: Because I spend at least two hours a day doing nothing.

A calm environment is for after I finish work.

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.

I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take a good hard look at workaholism and it's effect on one's mental health.

When I feel I'm doing too much, I do less if I can.

I think I've learned not to take everything so seriously and just try to focus on the work the most.

I grind and I graft, but I will make sure that I get that time off here and there to unwind and relax and have a life.

My girlfriend has to beat me up to get me to relax because I work all the time.

It's tough to find time to get rest.

The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on.

If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll.

Work. Don't Think. Relax.

No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you’d be more productive.

Transformation also means looking for ways to stop pushing yourself so hard professionally or inviting so much stress.

I find that if I go on a vacation, it's like that's more stress to me, because I want to get back.

I don't know that anyone in the United States is taught to rest.

You have to be able to cut off from the ballet and relax, or you have anxiety dreams at night, worrying about what you're going to dance the next day, going over every little detail.

One of the symptoms of approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important, and that to take a holiday would bring all kinds of disaster. If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his or her work important.

What is the answer to this fatigue? Relax! Relax! Relax! Learn to relax while you are doing your work!

One of the things that has changed my life - and this comes from someone who was highly self-critical and a type-A personality - is meditating. The simple act of making my brain shut off for 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes at night may not seem like much, but what ends up happening, besides creating space in your day, is your awake posture begins to replicate your meditative posture.