Quotes About Relaxation

Anytime I get down to Miami, it's a wonderful thing.

Most of us work so hard and live so hard. On the first day of the holiday I remain in work gear, it can take me some time to slow down and all that time I'm missing the serendipity of the wonderful things that are all around us.

Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.

Most of my holidays are with wonderfully generous friends with houses in the country or the South of France.

I love being on the water, wakesurfing and wakeboarding. I'm not thinking about golf. I'm just wondering if my cooler's got enough ice to make it through the day.

I'm near the beach, and I'm definitely a beach bum. For me, going to training and then going to the beach is kind of an escape for me to get away from everything and relax. It's really done wonders for me.

I might live in the woods, but I am a lazy actor.

I love being in the woods, when I can just walk barefoot in the grass and just sit down and breathe. I love that so much.

I'm certainly no hardcore backpacker, but I do enjoy being out in the woods for a few hours.

I like to head upstate to the Catskills, to Woodstock.

I prefer to live in the country where it's quiet. Woody Allen movies there are dubbed into Italian.

But nothing beats a Woody Allen film on a Sunday night, with a glass of wine and some leftovers.

I don't really have a lot of hobbies. I listen to a lot of spoken word. I get books on tape.

If you get stuck, get away from your desk. Take a walk, take a bath, go to sleep, make a pie, draw, listen to music, meditate, exercise; whatever you do, don't just stick there scowling at the problem. But don't make telephone calls or go to a party; if you do, other people's words will pour in where your lost words should be.

I'd like to dial it back 5% or 10% and try to have a vacation that's not just e-mail with a view.

Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.

I like sports, and swimming is my favorite. Doing physical exercises keeps one fit and healthy and helps one work more efficiently. I think we all need to strike a balance between work and relaxation. This can keep us energetic and help us do our job better.

For a really relaxing time, you want to go to a place where the work ethic hasn't taken hold, where the culture hasn't been taken over by the western values of constant striving.

I am very busy. I work hard all the time. But I also need to relax; I need to disconnect. That's why I like horse-racing, spending time with my friends. It helps me to recover energy.

We're human. Enjoy yourself. You work hard every day; you deserve to turn up on the weekends with your friends.

I've had to work hard at that easy-going manner you see on screen.

Music is not a work for me - it's a form of meditation, and you don't need to work hard for it.

I work hard, so I play harder.

Just put football first, or your job first. Give everything you've got all week, work hard, work super-hard to take it to the next level every week. And when you feel like you got to the point where you want to be, you definitely need the time to go out, relax, have a good time, take all the stress off it.