Jason Scott Lee Quotes

I have to take time occasionally to get away from the pressures of this business. If I don't, I think I would get stale, and that would show in my music.

Am I a workaholic? Yes, but I also have no problem taking time for myself.

It's very challenging to get the right balance between relaxing and working.

I grind and I graft, but I will make sure that I get that time off here and there to unwind and relax and have a life.

A calm environment is for after I finish work.

People often get very entangled in their work and life, so de-stressing is very important to keep generating fresh ideas and provide satisfaction with one's activities.

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.

I think it's important to have as much as a normal life and take the time to get perspective because it only helps your work in the long run.

My job is to give everyone a chance to catch their breath and step back from all this and get back to work.

It's important to just kind of get away from your sport until you miss it. It's about taking time to enjoy other aspects of life or learn new things. It helps rejuvenate.

Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.

Tennis is all about mental toughness, and you have to keep your head in the game. I make time to relax away from competition pressures, travel and intense training schedules to make sure I'm looking after myself. Taking time out with family and friends helps to maintain the work-life balance everyone needs.

I've taken Saturdays to be the day I pull back completely. I do things that are more creative, and I've actually found that helps me when I get back into work to be more thoughtful, and I truly believe that feeding your creative soul is really important to being more analytical.

I think that I do my best work when I'm most comfortable.

It's hard to get burned out or uninspired, man.

You need balance in your life all-around. When you find that balance and relax and get away from the game a little bit - and when you come back, you just go that much harder.

You find little ways to keep your mind at peace so that you can, at the end of the day, do the most important thing, which is do a good job.

I'm a big believer in doing what you've got to do, but taking a breather when you can.

I tell my staff, 'Give me your best, and then go home and live your life.' I've never asked anyone to work harder, but I've told plenty that they needed rest.

Everyone is always telling me that I must be exhausted, but I've learned how to use my time well, and that includes holidays to recharge. I always try to give myself big chunks of time to think about what the next project is going to be.

I always thought that it's important to have other things, not just work, and I often even suggested my managers take some time off and come back fresh and ready to fight again.

I definitely felt like I needed a break, because when you do so much, you're not able to appreciate the things that you accomplish.

I took some time out for life.

My husband is always telling me I need to do less, do less, do less. But I feel like if I'm not being productive, I have a hard time relaxing and enjoying myself.

I work hard. But I play hard, too.