Henri Frederic Amiel Quotes

My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.

I've gotten my personal life all the way intact and made sure that it's straight. Without that, you have no foundation. Your building is going to crumble.

Routine is important to me and keeps me mentally and physically healthy.

I think it's very important to find something that you do that helps center you.

I am a believer in discipline; it takes a lot to do well. You need discipline for those little excursions into the chaotic that make life interesting.

It became my solace. Because it's the only thing structured in my life right now. Training is sort of a therapy session, I guess.

I believe you have to have balance in your life.

If you nurture your mind, body, and spirit, your time will expand. You will gain a new perspective that will allow you to accomplish much more.

There is something good in men that really yearn for discipline.

My strength was that I am more balanced and calmer than most other riders.

Manage yourself first and others will take your orders.

It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.

In my youth I stressed freedom, and in my old age I stress order. I have made the great discovery that liberty is a product of order.

When your hobbies get in the way of your work - that's OK; but when your hobbies get in the way of themselves... well.

Life is about balance, and we all have to make the effort in areas that we can to enable us to make a difference.

It's all about how can you take care of yourself when furthering your life's goals and ambitions, and purpose and whatever you choose - family, career - to maintain a really balanced, whole, healthy outlook.

Most of us are at war with ourselves, are our own worst enemies. We expect a great deal of ourselves, yet we do not put ourselves in a condition to achieve great things. We are either too indulgent to our bodies, or we are not indulgent enough.

I like my life to be pure and clean and organised, and I like to have had eight hours' sleep a night. I honestly don't think I'd be as successful if I was a party animal. Because I don't think my personality would be as focused and open as it is.

I'm a real 'go, go' person... I'd make myself crazy by pushing too hard. It's important to pull pack the reins a little bit and get in touch with what's inside.

When you're a working actor and you're happy to be one, you can't focus all your energy on acting because you will go crazy. You have to focus as much energy as you can away from yourself.

I know that balance that I need to have in my life.

My family and friends and career are very important to me, but running allows me to be a better friend, a better family member, and makes me better at my career.

When I'm feeling comfortable at home, confident in my day-to-day, being healthy and being the best person I can be, MMA is easy.

We deify willpower and self-control - and mock its absence. People who achieve through remarkable willpower are 'strong' and 'heroic.' People who need help or structure are 'weak.' This is crazy - because few of us can accurately gauge or predict our willpower.

Balance, I think, and self-care is something I want people to really take to heart.