Ray Allen Quotes

This is a marathon in life. You can't be sprinting all the time or else you wear yourself out. You have to make sure you're taking care of yourself, keeping yourself grounded and not letting every little thing get you worked up.

I think it's important to take a break, you know, from the public eye for a while, and give people a chance to miss you. I want longevity. I don't want to get out there and run myself ragged and spread myself thin.

I need some me-time. I have to remember to rest, because I have a natural energy and I don't want to burn out.

Basketball can give us a kind of mystical awareness. Everything seems focused and in balance.

Giving a break to yourself and the audience, once in a while, is good.

Balance takes work. Lots of it. There is no endpoint in balance, no goal, no finalization. Balance requires practice, patience, and - most importantly - movement. We often get stuck in our ways and form habits based on our fears and driven by our insecurities.

When it's time to recharge, I don't feel guilty about it.

A few years back, I had this urge to be on the go all the time. It's important to find a balance, though. Now my motto is, do the work, but recharge, too!

You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it's an art form that benefits everyone.

People who work hard often work too hard. ... May we learn to honor the hammock, the siesta, the nap and the pause in all its forms.

Make rest a necessity, not an objective. Only rest long enough to gather strength.

I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between.

You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect.

I believe you have to have balance in your life.

Somebody said the key to life is to work hard, play hard, rest hard, and I've pretty much adopted that.

Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting, period. Never do anything else.

Nobody's life is ever all balanced. It's a conscious decision to choose your priorities every day.

I've learned to set boundaries and know when to say, 'I just need to rest.' I'm good at listening to what my body's telling me.

When I'm in the gym, I'm in the gym, and that is my focus. But when I'm not in the gym, I'm enjoying being a mom and taking care of those responsibilities .. They really do provide me with the balance that I need to be a more complete athlete.

Resting for me is fitness training.

Having my priorities in order has really helped me look better, fresher, and more relaxed.

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.

To stay at my best, I have to stop talking during the preceding day.

I've gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for knowing, saving the energy, consuming the energy, knowing when to go for it and having the available reserves to be able to do that. You have to think about that, because it's endurance.

I learned early that you only have so much energy to give. You have to spend it correctly.