Richard Simmons Quotes
Top 85 wise famous quotes and sayings by Richard Simmons
Richard Simmons Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Singing is good for the soul. It's the first thing I do every morning, after my blessings and my grace. I put music on and I sing.
In high school, I could get beaten up all the time, or I could be something better. I became the court jester.
No tricks, gimmicks, special pills, special potions, special equipment. All it takes is desire and will.
I'm like a stuffed toy. You've never met me, but if you did, you'd just want to take me home and put me in your child's room.
I just want people to get off the back burner of their life and start to take better care of themselves and their children.
I hope in my lifetime we can all continue to laugh at ourselves and not put down anyone for what they weigh.
I have loved deeply. I have lost intensely. I will never love again. I get that love by people who care for me.
I suffered from eating disorders when I was just a kid. I did not like me or the way I looked. But back then, you could not tell anyone.
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.
Back in the 70s and 80s, women felt the discrimination of being overweight. And now 35% of the letters I receive are from men.
I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.
Energy is that amazing feeling that comes to life inside of you when you're happy and believe in yourself.
I have rules about eating, exercising and rules about staying positive. And these rules are sacred to me.
For my workout, I'm up at 4 A.M. I say my prayers, count my blessings, and I work out right away. I just get it done.
When the king gets depressed, he doesn't call for his wife. He doesn't call for the cook. He calls for the court jester.
I get energy from meditation practice and from eating healthy fresh food, only one cup of espresso in the morning, and not drinking too much.
I was always into staying busy, into my goals, into making notes and planning. I'm not one who truly lives in the past.
I do consider myself a clown and a court jester, and I do love to make people laugh, whether they're laughing with me or at me.
I was born with a crippled leg. I wore a corrective shoes since I was three years old and I still wear them.
When I go to bed, I ask God to give me one more day tomorrow. When I get it, I'm excited and grateful.
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.
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.
Yeah, but I do call them back and follow up. Most people talk at overweight people, I talk with them.
There are sacrifices you have to make. I don't have a lot to offer one person. I have a lot to offer to a lot of people.
After all the throwing up, I would starve myself. Which meant eating lettuce and water for two and a half months. I almost lost my life.
Well mine is not gimmicky - it is the 6 food groups that God made, and exercising every day. Trying to think positively.
Take a moment every day to find peace. Pull over to the side of the road, turn off the radio, and find peace.
It's terrible, the way obese children and adults are treated in this country [USA]. And I'm not leaving this Earth until that is changed.
We're all in trouble, and we all need to sort of pick up the pieces and start to exercise more and really be careful with the food.
Everything I did with my life I did so that I could give my parents everything they didn't have because of me.
Everyone's under pressure and you just have to learn how to deal with it. And I deal with it through prayer and staying busy.
My persona has always been what a man was never supposed to be. Outrageous, gregarious, crazy, silly, funny.
I get tired of negativity in our country. I get tired of people who only want to know dirt. I get tired of people who don't believe in themselves.