Tom Rath Quotes

What's more important than your nutrition? What's more important than workin' out? It begins with gettin' a good night's sleep.

There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.

I'm a very good sleeper.

Sleep more. I don't think anyone understands how important it is. If you have a choice where you've only been sleeping five or six hours and can sleep an extra hour or work out, sleep an extra hour.

I usually wake up around 7:30 A.M. without an alarm clock. I wake up naturally because I'm huge on sleep. I believe it's the No. 1 thing you can do if you're trying to create a better life.

The biggest key for me to stay healthy is sleep.

I honor health as the first muse, and sleep as the condition of health. Sleep benefits mainly by the sound health it produces; incidentally also by dreams, into whose farrago a divine lesson is sometimes slipped.

[S]leep, and enough of it, is the prime necessity. Enough exercise, and good food and enough, are other necessities. But sleep—good sleep, and enough of it—this is a necessity without which you cannot have the exercise of use, nor the food.

Sleep is like the holy grail. My trainer says if you're tired, your workout will suffer. Sleep is magic stuff.

I always try to get at least eight hours of sleep each night. It's the best thing I can do for my body.

Getting regular restful sleep is an essential key to staying healthy and vital, yet it is so often neglected or underemphasized.

Many of the people I work with that are half my age complain that they feel tired all the time. I tell them: 'Look at what you're eating, how much you are exercising, and how much sleep you are getting.'

I'd rather get up early and go out and do something than stay up late and screw up my body.

I really believe in being health conscious and trying to eat in a way that makes you feel comfortable. I've been working out since I was 17 or 18 years old. It's just a way of life for me. If I don't work out, I feel weird. It's just about what your routine is.

I don't starve myself. Anyone who knows me will tell you I have an appetite. I'd much rather work out and not diet than not work out and have to diet.

I feel a lot healthier when I'm having sex. Physically. I feel all these jitters when I wake up in the morning. Just energy jitters. I take vitamins, I work out every day. When I'm having sex, I don't have that.

I sleep seven hours. If I go to bed at two, I wake up at nine. If I go to bed at midnight, I wake up at seven. I don't wake up before - the house can fall apart, but I sleep for seven hours.

I like to be in bed at 11, and I like to get 11 hours of sleep.

I sleep at least nine hours a night - honestly. And I drink a lot of water.

I get eight hours of sleep at least at night, which I think helps your skin tremendously.

I usually fall asleep between 11 P.M. - 1 A.M., and I wake up between 6:30 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.

I try to get eight or nine hours of sleep a night, and if I don't, I'll make sure to take a nap.

I wake up usually quite late, just in time for the lunch, especially if I sleep badly during the night.

That short-sleeping that we're now suffering is a consequence of our lifestyle. It's not a consequence of evolutionary habituation.

Sleep is very important. I always try to get 7-9 hours.