Adam Thielen Quotes

I think players tend to get anxious if they've not really done things properly - like eating, resting or training. If you're fully prepared you've got nothing to worry about - it's just a game of football.

Routine is part of coping.

I believe your best preparation is to just get your rest and just go out there and continue to do what you've been doing, not to try to do anything uncharacteristic that you haven't been doing. That's my main thing.

I practice a personal meditation and have a gala apple before each show.

I found for me that my safe place was work. I could control my environment. I became very fastidious and detailed, and wanted things a certain way.

Escapism is survival to me.

I try and have a relaxed attitude and stay quite switched off until about an hour before kick-off.

Recently I was directing an episode of 'Glee' and I lost my cell phone - and I didn't have time to buy a new one for three weeks. Well, the first few days I was anxious as hell, suffered the delirium tremens, didn't think I could make it through, etc. Then something kind of curious happened - I began to feel great.

People think I am the crazy person on stage, but I know how to relax.

A college football star, by his senior year, is used to running out there with 110,000 people going nuts. They feel comfortable in that environment. To me, a set feels like that. The one thing that I do know is that, as long as I'm prepared, I know this environment and this world.

Seeing people ahead of time and getting acquainted with the space you're playing in is important to getting comfortable in that place.

Dancing's not always stressful, but I always make sure that I'm prepared as I can be, both physically, mentally, and practically.

I always sleep really well, particularly before a race, when the adrenaline's pumping.

I tend to do yoga before I go on stage, so that keeps me nice and calm.

When I've had hard times in my life, the one thing about being in TV is that it's positive. I withdrew to 'Cheers,' it was familiar in that it was family. It had a kind of realistic positiveness to it.

Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for jittery people.

The world is becoming much more volatile. We all have to learn to take a deep breath and count to 10.

Acting is a stressful environment to put yourself into, and stress triggers Tourette's, but I think it's partly an outlet because when I'm acting, I'm putting my mind, body, and soul into something, and that's one of the times during the day when I don't tic.

For me, it's always been about preparation, and the more prepared I can be each week, the less pressure I feel and the more confident I am. As your confidence grows, it's only natural that the pressure you feel diminishes.

Preparation is not just about batting and bowling. You have to consider lots of things - the travel, the weather, the heat, the light, the sounds. You have to be comfortable with everything.

I know I feel crazy when I'm stressed out. You know when I don't feel crazy? When I'm in my nap pod.

The reason why I play 'Madden' is because in 'Madden,' I can control everything, and in the game of life and the game of football, you can't. It's kind of like an outlet.

When mom is cooking, we are more in a routine. You can better relax when you go through things like you usually do. It is more comfortable.

I write a lot because, if I don't, I start to panic, and I calm down when I write.

One thing I hear a lot is that people feel less stressed out after they watch 'Gourmet Makes.' There's a transference of their stress onto me.