Aaron Rodgers Quotes

When I walk through that gate to the court, that's my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.

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.

Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places.

I love sports because it takes me away from reality, and I tell people, 'No matter how bad your life is, if you are having problems at home, you are having problems at work, that's the beauty of sports.'

If I was performing, I had no pain. But you can't stay on stage 24 hours a day.

My life is like one little Calgon 'take me away' moment.

Every time I'm ever in L.A., if I have anytime off - which is rare - I'll go straight to the basketball court and play. That's a way for me to escape and get my mind off everything. I'm so competitive, so if I'm playing basketball, all I'm thinking about is winning.

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.

For me, wrestling was an escape. It was like a way out.

When I'm too worn out or in pain, I lie in bed and write in my mind.

When you wake up and your heart is going like the clappers or your back feels strained, or you develop some other hang-up, you should let your mind go to the pain and the pain itself will regurgitate the memory which originally caused you to suppress it in your body. In this way the pain goes to the right channel instead of being repressed again, as it is if you take a pill or a bath, saying 'Well, I'll get over it'. Most people channel their pain into God or masturbation or some dream of making it.

There is only one effective antidote for mental suffering and that is physical pain.

Our minds need relaxation, and give way unless we mix with work a little play.

Rest and play, are as vital to our health as nutrition and exercise

I must have physical exercise, or my temper'll certainly be ruined.

Pain is always emotional. Fear and depression keep constant company with chronic hurting.

The ability to play is one of the principal criteria of mental health.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

I think our main priority is to make people happy and try to take them out of all that for a second.

All work and no play makes jack. With enough jack, Jack needn't be a dull boy.

Sometimes when things are particularly bad, my brain will give me a happy dream.

When I'm running I don't have to talk to anybody and don't have to listen to anybody. This is a part of my day I can't do without.

Whether we eat, sleep, work, play, whatever we do life contains dissatisfaction, pain. If we enjoy pleasure, we are afraid to lose it; we strive for more and more pleasure or try to contain it. If we suffer pain we want to escape it. We experience dissatisfaction all the time. All activities contain dissatisfaction or pain, continuously.

There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.