Paul Pierce Quotes

I think I'd go mad if I didn't have a place to escape to.

Running is how I clear my head and find my center again.

Sometimes that is why you might even stay in the bathroom for even half an hour, making that water running all over, just singing.

Running started as a way of relaxing. It's the only time I have to myself. No phones or e-mails or faxes.

I'm a walker. I enjoy walking, which I think psychologically expresses my feelings of wanting liberation without exerting myself too much.

It's not so much about killing an animal, it's being at peace and you don't have to worry about all the other things that go on. That's a couple of hours a week that you get to escape but it's nice to do that.

Cycling can be lonely, but in a good way. It gives you a moment to breathe and think, and get away from what you're working on.

Basketball is my escape, and I cannot bring any of my problems onto the court.

I enjoy an easy jog. In the mountains, or the forest with my own thoughts, I can escape from the world for a bit.

When I'm on the court, I feel all problems go away.

A calming place, where you can go to escape it all and just focus on your body, is so wonderful to have.

With how much stress I have every day in the gym, you need a little time to get out and just be whoever you want to be.

It's almost therapeutic driving there and driving back (to North Carolina), with the time you get to think about things as well as create checklists.

The gym was my only refuge. I could put music on and dance around with my girlfriends and be silly.

Resting for me is fitness training.

Running is a part of my medicine. It's what helps relieve my stress, and it's what helps me get away from the concerns of business and anything else that's going on in my life that I need to escape from at times - to find who I am. Running really helps me with that.

Outside the golf course, I feel the pressure, and I feel what everybody else is feeling. But on the golf course, it's just the golf ball and clubs. And when I have that, it just puts a lot of pressure off of me. It just makes me very calm looking at it, yeah.

It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.

It is nice finding that place where you can just go and relax.

I daily disconnect and read a good book or listen to a good sermon or call a friend or my mom and talk on the phone with my feet up. I also take baths with bath salts that I make myself.

Whenever I get fed up with life I love to go wandering in nature.

The truth is, you know, we need our anodynes. You know that word, anodynes? We need that in life some times. A good warm bath can be one for you, or a whatever.

Running is my time for myself. I'm like, 'I'm going for a run!' and my husband knows I'm out of there.

I'm learning the power of going away for the weekend and keeping myself company.

Running for me has always been a great place to get away. It's a great stress reliever for me. It's great if I need to be working on something in my mind, whether it's things I need to be memorizing or thinking about, or I have some presentation coming up.