Sam Mikulak Quotes

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

It's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would do it otherwise.

I shaved my head about 15 years ago and the first time I shaved it, I started running my hand through my hair and it was very therapeutic.

What happens is, when I perform, I'm somewhere else. I go back in time and get in touch with who I really am. I forget my troubles, my worries.

I've been doing some writing, which I find very cathartic and fun.

The gym was my sanctuary. The place where you could forget about all your worries, your problems, people asking you for money, people asking you to do this, do that.

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

I drive to clear my mind, like many people do. It's like, once you get in the car, whatever song you put on, it's so symbiotic. Your mood could change in a second.

I am not sure precisely why we need to have privacy, but everyone knows for sure that we need to relax and not have to put on our social, outwardly looking face all of the time.

Part of my therapy is to write.

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

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

It's incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It's about understanding myself. Sometimes I'll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It's become part of my routine.

The Temper Trap's 'Sweet Disposition' is an invigorating song. It's my mental cue to let go of stress, disconnect from my career and connect to my body and my spirit.

People think my work is therapeutic. I don't see it that way. It's not like I'm saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life.

I have time to breathe, time to be myself more often, I am a lot more relaxed and less guarded.

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

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.

I personally think that's incredibly therapeutic to just be alone in your own thoughts and not be freaking out.

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.

I try to find 15 minutes a day to just be alone without any distractions just for headspace to meditate and get my Zen on. I think that helps me get through the hecticness of the day on tour with the interviews, the sound check, the meet and greets, the show and the post-show meet and greets.

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

Journaling is something that I've always tried to get into.

I highly recommend time to yourself.

When I'm working I don't have room to think about myself and my own issues. It's really freeing. There is no room for me, which is really nice.