Richard Simmons Quotes
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There's a list of foods I can't have in the house. Peanut butter, can't have that in the house. Potato chips, can't have that in the house. Random little small mini candy bars, don't even think about it. I just have to watch everything. I have to stay between 1500 and 1600 calories a day. That's it.
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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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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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Thats what we need going into the millennium. We need some positive, happy stuff.
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People spend thousands in therapy digging and digging in the past. When you dig and dig, you find relics. Try to forgive yourself and get back on that ride.
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I sort of think of myself as part priest, part clown.
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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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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've never lived in the visual world. I live very much in an emotional-contact world.
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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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I'm a very insecure and emotional person still looking to be loved by everyone else.
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Work hard, take care of yourself, and you'll be just fine.
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Every morning when I get up, I ask God what he wants me to do, ask him to lead me to the right people to help them.
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It's not nice to make fun of people with issues.
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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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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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No one can make fun of overweight people in front of me!
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I've always practiced this: Love yourself. Move your body. Watch your portions.
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Its an eerie thing. My childhood is being washed away.
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If you want to get the body you've always dreamed of, you have to earn it.
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You know, if your parents didn't have you, they'd be living in a nicer home, driving a Mercedes-Benz, with money in the bank and a boat. But noooooo. They had to have you! You've got to give back!
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My parents always told me to be myself. I was always funny and silly as a kid. And I would always make them laugh. And they always told me to dream big and follow those dreams.
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You shouldn't make fun of people who have issues.
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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.