Burnout Quotes

“I left 'America's Funniest Home Videos' because my soul was starting to die.”

“We don't get burned out because of what we do. We get burned out because we forget why we do it.”

“I've been working so hard for the last eight years. I'm just ready to have a break.”

“I left 'M*A*S*H' because I was burned out. I had done the same character for 11 years.”

“I was so tired once ABBA was over and just wanted to be calm and with my children.”

“I was a machine. I was making a film, then a TV show, then a record.”

“Burnout is not a badge of honor.”

“When I left Pearl Jam, I was pretty much done playing. I just didn't want to be in a band anymore.”

“Burnout is nature's way of telling you, you've been going through the motions your soul has departed.”

“I've run out of gas.”

“The truth is, I'm just plain exhausted.”

“I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.”

“Every day I was training, but I felt my passion for the game was slowly fading.”

“I had to walk away to find my love for music again.”

“When I'm done with a movie, I'm totally clueless. I've got no ideas.”

“I had to get away from the band to regain my sanity.”

“I'd gone from being a boy to a man in the space of a few years and I was exhausted.”

“I wanted to go to school, to travel, and to have a bit of a break... I'd been working nonstop since I was eight years old.”

“I really have a problem with the fact that we've been commanded as a culture to be on all the time.”