Mardy Grothe Quotes

When I’m working 16-hour days and I can’t work out, I get angry very easily. It’s because I’m missing all those good endorphins. For me, exercise equals happiness.

There are many times I don't feel like going to work out, but I know if I do, I'll feel better.

Around '93, I had to get a couple of jobs. I had a job for a while working at a gym, just so I could work out for free, because I knew if I didn't exercise, I'd go crazy. It's the key to my mental health, actually.

You kick it up a notch when you work out.

In fact, people think you have to be stressed to be successful. They think if you are not stressed, something is wrong with you.

We all enjoy pushing ourselves to accomplish our objectives. But we don't need stress to get there.

I promise you, the gym has taken away so much of my stress. It has helped calm me down.

No matter how good you are at planning, the pressure never goes away. So I don't fight it. I feed off it. I turn pressure into motivation to do my best.

We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.

Some people thrive under pressure, but pressure can also ruin your performance, it can push you down angles which you don't want to go.

I love playing football. So I go out to play football, and I don't really feel pressure. Of course, there are some days when things just don't work out as well as they do on other days, but that doesn't have anything to do with pressure.

When I'm having a really rough day, I take it out in the gym. It releases so many endorphins in your body.

People often say that stress is a motivator. What we're referring to when we say this is really better described as stimulation and engagement.

To be honest, I feel like I think too much. So I like working out because it makes me kind of relax.

Running clears my mind, and gives me a reason to get out of bed in the morning.

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've been told so many times that I should go to the gym to get my anxiety and frustration out. But it just makes me feel pure, concentrated dread.

I think, mentally, you sometimes need a break. But for me, my body is built so that if I don't work out, that's when I put more stress on my body and get more tired.

When I'm not working on something, I seem to go through periods of depression. It helps to keep busy.

I love to work out. It's one of the ways I love to relieve stress.

SoulCycle - When I'm stressed or feeling down, it always turns me around.

I feel like I do my best work under fear of being fired.

I don't try to lose weight. I don't try to do nothing. I just try to put in my work, feel better, the things that I can do in the field to be better are better, so that's what I do.

I go for a 20-minute jog every day. I find I am much happier when I exercise. Running helps me debrief and work out my plan for the day.

Whenever I am working or training, I feel good.