Emeril Lagasse Quotes

I'm going to quit when I feel like I'm not having fun anymore or I'm not competitive.

For a long time, I'd work until 10 or 11. When I work, I'm on. I'm 'Magic.' I love it, but it takes a lot out of me.

If I quit having fun, then it's time for me to quit working.

You feel stressed when you think that you are working. When I am doing movies, I don't feel that way at all. When I wake up in the morning and then get dressed up for the job, I feel good because this is what I want. I am the happiest that way and honestly, if at all I get a day or two off, I get restless.

I was working straight for nine months and I'm exhausted. I'm ready to relax for a little while and read. I don't want to work for work sake; I have to be excited about it.

I retire every time I'm done with a movie. Then I go back. You know, I enjoy sleep. But I love to work; it's fun for me. As long as it continues to be fun, and I'm tolerated by the people around me, I will do it.

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.

There's not much time to unwind, but you know what, it's because I love what I do. I look forward to the season. I look forward to playing games. It doesn't ever feel like work.

I do not need any rest. I enjoy my work, and at work, I rest. I rest with my good work.

I don't know how anyone could stop working.

Time off doesn't sit well with me.

I have always promised myself and my wife that when I don't enjoy it anymore, or I can't handle the stress and the pressure that comes with having such a high-profile and top job - or my energy levels starts to fail me, or my enthusiasm starts to be dented - I won't prolong my career longer than I feel I should.

I can't stop working!

I've been a workaholic for many years, but at the same time, I do it because I love it.

If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll.

I enjoy what I do. I think it shows.

It's what is strange about doing a job that is also the thing you love, the thing you feel passionate about. People get to the point where they're burned out and disillusioned by the whole thing because when things aren't going well at work it also means they aren't going well in your heart, in your soul. They're all wrapped up together.

Everybody who knows me is like, 'Dude, you've got to chill out.' I can't not work, given where I want to be.

At an individual level just as much as a corporate level, this notion of if you're not really passionate about the work you're doing in a world of mounting pressure, you're going to experience more and more stress. You're going to burn out. You're going to become marginalized.

I only am in this business because I enjoy it. I think that is the only way to be in the business.

Honestly, all I ever do is work.

I stop short of being a workaholic.

To do this job, you really have to love what you're doing.

Nobody can be successful if he doesn't love his work, love his job.

I do not separate my job and my personal life; therefore, I never work and never rest.