Andrew J. Bernstein Quotes

This whole Puff Daddy thing has taken a toll on me.

Stress is something that is sort of out of your control. You get stressed out over looking at the finish line. Stress is something that is an outside thing. Stress is an anxiety.

I just can't relax. That's my problem.

My father put it right when he said: 'I don't get ulcers. I give ulcers.'

We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.

There was a period of time during the 'Jagged Little Pill' era where I don't think I laughed for about two years. It was a survival mode, you know. It was an intense, constant, chronic over-stimulation and invasion of energetic and physical literal space.

I think sometimes I don't realise how much the pressure gets to me.

We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the strain does.

I get stressed out really easily.

Some people might say I need to learn how to relax.

I never feel like I should have any time free.

I become mad when I work. It's like a fever that grows; I don't need to choose just one thing.

We all know what this business can do to you... you end up walking on your heels.

I don't deal at all well with the relative amount of stuff I have to face already.

There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.

I think the most important thing is to have fun, and not to take things too seriously. Once you start doing that, then you'll start to crumble.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel pressed and tense almost every day of my life about something or other. And I think it's the one thing, as I look into people's eyes, that I think I share with almost everybody.

You can't go over every beat, every second, and worry about how you can do it better - it'll eat you alive.

We were starting to lose track with Earth because fame and success brings you many things that you're not really prepared for or know how to deal with as a human being.

Stress is the negative whirlwind of emotions that gets imposed on top of our stimulation and engagement.

There are plenty of brilliant people who are too stressed out to read challenging literary novels.

We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.

Pressure and stress is the common cold of the psyche.

I felt tight from the beginning of the match to the end. I couldn't relax.

Some people thrive under pressure, but pressure can also ruin your performance, it can push you down angles which you don't want to go.