Regis Philbin Quotes

From morning when I wake up until I go to sleep, I am working. I go to bed and I want to switch off, but the brain doesn't switch off.

I'm working myself to death.

Thing is, I don't really like free time. People are always warning me that I'm going to burn out. But the truth is, the only thing that tires me out is hearing people tell me that.

To be honest with you, I'd rather not be working. When you work, there are all sorts of deadlines and pressures. I like to do one thing and take my time to do the other one.

I work myself into the ground.

For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours of domestic labor, until no slightest margin for relaxation or change of thought remains.

I can't tell you how hard I worked the last year. In fact, I worked so hard that I know I can't maintain that same work level in 2001, so I've got to quit something.

People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'

When I work fourteen hours a day, seven days a week, I get lucky.

Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry.

All I do is work, so I eat to live and to keep going.

I work so much. If I don't get all the comforts, I will turn mad.

It can kind of screw up things if you're trying to overwork something.

I am tired of hustling.

A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.

I was doing about five movies a year for many years. I was just so tired. I walked around feeling like a Mack truck hit me.

We didn't sleep last week - we literally didn't sleep - because we've been so busy with the book.

I was burned out. I think I was just exhausted. It was a very intense five years. We didn't stop. It was constant touring, constant writing, recording.

I work 338 days a year, 16 hours a day.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

We often hear of people breaking down from overwork, but in nine out of ten they are really suffering from worry or anxiety.

If you're working 12-hour days, then you come home to do three hours' homework, it's quite a lot on your plate.

It was all about flying round the world, working hard, being on the cover of Vogue, making money. It wasn't fun. It was exhausting, but I was young and convinced I knew best.

For a good 10 to 12 years, I was working non-stop and I wasn't really enjoying my success.

The 12-hour workday is not uncommon to anyone anymore.