Landon Donovan Quotes

I was working straight for nine months and I'm exhausted. I'm ready to relax for a little while and read. I don't want to work for work sake; I have to be excited about it.

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

When it ceases to be fun, I'll stop and just stay in my restaurants.

When I lose the sense of motivation and the sense to prove something as a basketball player, it's time for me to move away from the game.

I have always promised myself and my wife that when I don't enjoy it anymore, or I can't handle the stress and the pressure that comes with having such a high-profile and top job - or my energy levels starts to fail me, or my enthusiasm starts to be dented - I won't prolong my career longer than I feel I should.

I was a professional and did my best to prepare for every fight, but after PRIDE Grand Prix, to be honest, I didn't have motivation to go on.

The challenge in my life really is keeping the balance between feeling creatively energized and fulfilled without feeling overwhelmed and like I'm in the middle of a battlefield.

Everybody who knows me is like, 'Dude, you've got to chill out.' I can't not work, given where I want to be.

If I have one thing on in a week, I find it very difficult to get back to work that week. I need a lot of dreaming time.

Leadership is an active role; 'lead' is a verb. But the leader who tries to do it all is headed for burnout, and in a powerful hurry.

The only thing that's a challenge for me is not working. I get depressed when I'm not in motion.

Honestly, all I ever do is work.

There are days like any normal human being where I wake up and I don't feel like going to work.

To be honest with you, my physical state is usually dictated by the project I'm working on at a given time.

I would rather not work than be a neurotic mess.

For a long time, I'd work until 10 or 11. When I work, I'm on. I'm 'Magic.' I love it, but it takes a lot out of me.

I like normal life, but I will go crazy if I'm not working.

I definitely don't ever want to burn out at my job.

I'm a person who has a lot of energy. So, yes, I don't really stop to rest or de-stress. I just keep going. I figure that if you don't stop, then you'll never notice how tired you are.

I'm a workaholic, so I ignore the signs of fatigue and just keep going and going, and then conk out when I get home. It can be pretty stressful.

You feel stressed when you think that you are working. When I am doing movies, I don't feel that way at all. When I wake up in the morning and then get dressed up for the job, I feel good because this is what I want. I am the happiest that way and honestly, if at all I get a day or two off, I get restless.

I just decided to take some time off. I've been modeling since '93, '92, and that's a pretty long time. I'm a single mother and I chose to focus on her.

After my health suffered due to the stress of running my second company, I had to switch careers. But I still didn't want to go back to the corporate world. So I became an academic.

If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll. If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll.

I don't think most analysts understand that whether I work a 70-hour week or an 80-hour week, I take my head with me when I go home.