Richard Simmons Quotes
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The real pride, the real present, is your health and your longevity. My whole career, I have never done anything where competition was involved with weight loss.
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Sleep is critical to me ... at least eight or nine hours a night. I start to slow down my body and my mind at least 30 minutes before I get into bed. I don't watch any disturbing or invigorating TV at night.
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Number one, like yourself. Number two, you have to eat healthy. And number three, you've got to squeeze your buns. That's my formula.
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I'm not going to be happy until every child in every school is physically active.
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Truthfully, everyone knows how to eat right. They know the difference between oatmeal and a jelly cream doughnut. They know how to walk. Everyone has this in their brain. When I started, we didn't have all this knowledge.
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I sort of think of myself as part priest, part clown.
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I'm a very insecure and emotional person still looking to be loved by everyone else.
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I do not want any child in America to have my childhood because it was taken away from me because I just wasn't good enough; well I am good enough now.
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I don't have to teach anymore, I don't have to work anymore, God has been really good to me.
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I'm the clown you take out of the box and wind up when you need a good laugh. And then, when you're done with me, I go back in my box.
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It's not nice to make fun of people with issues.
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I really created my career out of my own compulsion. Because I knew if I owned an exercise studio and I had to teach my classes there, I wasn't going to gain my weight back.
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What if you can't do what you once did, like run and jump up and down? You can walk, which is also good for your mind and mental attitude. You can do simpler exercises, like getting up and down from a chair without using your hands. You can stay fairly flexible. The most important thing is to not become sedentary.
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Work hard, take care of yourself, and you'll be just fine.
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I've never lived in the visual world. I live very much in an emotional-contact world.
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No one is perfect... absolutely no one. Like precious stones, we have a few flaws, but why focus on that? Focus on what you like about yourself, and that will bring you happiness and peace.
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Sometimes it's just 'Oh my God, I love the taste of fried oysters on French bread with mayonnaise and an order of French fries.' I'm not going to lie to you - I deal with that temptation every single day, many times.
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People treat me like family, 'cause I've always treated them like family.
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When we're binging, we do not think about death. We just think about how good it tastes.
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When I was growing up, I did not exercise at all. I was raised in the French Quarter in New Orleans. If I saw someone running, I would call the police because I thought they stole something on Royal Street.
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When I go to bed, I ask God to give me one more day tomorrow. When I get it, I'm excited and grateful.
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No one can make fun of overweight people in front of me!
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You shouldn't make fun of people who have issues.
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A kid who moves is a kid who learns.