Peter Coyote Quotes

Instead of doing thousands of dives, I am focusing on quality, and I'm listening to my body more.

But everyone I know reaches a point where they throw out their arms and go beserk for a while; otherwise you never know what your limits are. I was just trying to find mine.

I needed to get to know myself, discover where my limits were, not constantly push myself too much.

Rest as soon as there is pain.

I was never a sporty kid. Then I discovered my physicality and running and endorphins.

Yes, doing a work, telling a story very much represents a way to save my own life, and on so many levels.

When you play trying to avoid injuries, that's when you get hurt.

I've been through my fair share of injuries.

I wouldn't be boxing if I wasn't given the all-clear by the doctors, I wouldn't put my family or myself through that.

I've seen guys get hurt from strikes. I've seen guys get hurt from flips. It's the risk we take. I feel the fear of getting hurt will get you hurt.

Being 'back in my body' means being able to do the things I love, but do them in the way I love, and in my way, and in my time, giving myself the opportunity to just be me.

When I first started to learn to run the ropes, that was really painful for me: it's just cable wire wrapped in tape. It bruised my ribs so bad, it hurt to be hugged; it hurt to lay down.

I was very into swimming, but I was never into contact sports. I think it was because I knew I wasn't going to get damaged.

When I had those injuries in college, I had all of these conversations with coaches about protecting myself. It was a constant internal struggle for me.

In this journey there is so much to my life that I just do privately... I don't really make it a huge priority to tell every single thing that I do every single day about my life.

How can you train if you're constantly worried about getting injured?

I guess because I never pictured myself wrestling, I find myself wanting to push every limit possible in this industry.

First and foremost, you never want to see anyone get injured.

No one can listen to your body for you... To grow and heal, you have to take responsibility for listening to it yourself.

Pain is like a life coach in your body. It’s what made me a life coach because I started paying a lot of attention to what made me hurt and what didn’t. It turned out my body was trying to steer me away from a life that was absolutely wrong for me and into a life that was absolutely wonderful.

Saying no can be the ultimate self-care.

She has learned that her body is precious and it mustn't be offered carelessly ever again, as it holds a direct connection to her heart.

As you get older and as you experience and go through different things you realize you have to set boundaries. You have to for your life. You have to say this is OK and this is not OK. This is what I do for a living and this is my life. It's the only one I get and so I have to set boundaries.

The body must be properly taken care of. The people who torture their flesh are demoniacal.

Something snapped inside her. “Of course I’m afraid! Relationships do bad things to me.” He started to respond, but the pain had gone on long enough, and she didn’t want to hear it. “You know what I want? I want peace. I want a good job and a decent place to live. I want to read books and listen to music and have time to make some female friendships that are going to last. When I wake up in the morning, I want to know that I have a decent shot at being happy. And here’s what’s really sad. Until I met you, I was almost there.