Quotes About Transition

I can be like that: forgetting how hard it was to do something after I'm past it.

For the last 14 years or so, I've been a fighter for so long I kind of forgot what it's like to not have this as my biggest form of expression of who I am.

There certainly have been a lot of changes, although they come in such gradations that most people have either forgotten, or, if they're too young, they never knew about them in the first place.

Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old.

'Red vs Blue' as a show has evolved dramatically. It looks an entirely different show to what we started with, but the format of the show has changed so much over the years, too.

It takes time to settle in and learn a new formation and style of play.

I don't feel like I've changed as much as radio formats have changed.

Working my way through different formats has not changed my batting approach much.

I used to have a standing as a cartoon schlepper, now I'm only a former cartoon schlepper.

When you say a 'former child star,' you may as well say 'failed child star.'

I don't think of myself as a former actor. I think of myself as a reformed actor.

Since leaving cricket, I've tried my hand at professional boxing, a live stage show, and working for TV. I've had some interesting experiences, including working with the former basketball player Dennis Rodman.

I retired when I was 40. I started when I was 19. I never wanted to be a guy who was a shell of his former self and have people say, 'He's not as good as he used to be.'

Many of the things that I have written on have focused, at least a big part of the story, on adolescents. I think that in that period of life, so much happens, and it's the period of life where you're forming into an adult. In certain ways, you're already an adult and in certain ways you're still a kid.

From GP3 to Formula 2, it's obviously a step, but it's only a step on driving I would say. Here from Formula 2 to Formula 1, it's a huge step on driving because we have nearly 400 BHP more, with a lot more downforce. So it's a completely different car.

I still wanted to race in Formula One, for a correct team, a nice team, one that is professional, where you would feel important. But there was no position for me to carry on, so I felt if that opportunity wasn't there, then it would be better for me to stop, and start thinking about doing different things.

I retired in Formula One and I think it was the right time, so I'm happy with my decision.

I think the F2 tyres are probably one of the hardest things to adapt to, harder than the Formula One Pirellis were to get used to.

I could've ended up in action films forever. But the comedy thing has been my forte.

For me, change doesn't happen on a linear basis; it zig-zags back and forth.

I've never found that it jars to go back and forth.

I want the kind of career where I can move back and forth.

There has been a lot of emotion back and forth around moving from Panathinaikos. Most people know what I feel about that club.

After 20 years in the game, I was fortunate to get away from the game and enjoy my family, which was great for me.