Words matter. These are the best Richard Simmons Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Well mine is not gimmicky – it is the 6 food groups that God made, and exercising every day. Trying to think positively.
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.
This is my theater. This is where I can sing and act out a play and do sit-ups at the same time.
But if you pick up every other magazine, it is the peanut butter diet, or the cabbage soup diet, and then you go to the radio and you hear that you can drink some solution and you will lose weight overnight. It just does not work that way!
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.
I have rules about eating, exercising and rules about staying positive. And these rules are sacred to me.
Work hard, take care of yourself, and you’ll be just fine.
I’ve always practiced this: Love yourself. Move your body. Watch your portions.
We overweight people, we say terrible things to ourselves. Oh, you wouldn’t believe it. ‘You fat pig. How can you do this? You’re a disgusting jerk.’ And that gets you nowhere. That gets you right back into a bowl of pasta fregula.
I could be hit by a Sara Lee truck tomorrow. Which is not a bad way of going: ‘Richard Simmons Found in a Freeway in Pound Cake and Fudge, With a Smile on His Face.’ Let’s face it. We don’t know anything.
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.
I’m such a huge fan, and I’ve done classes of all Lady Gaga music. And she’s just someone who evokes freedom and love for her fans and passion in what she does. Lady Gaga, I’ll take you out for a salad anytime.
When I go to teach, that’s not my workout. It’s my show. I’m 134 pounds – I’m a teeny thing. I work out 11/2 hours a day and eat 1,600 calories. I can’t stray because I have to fit into these Dolfin shorts!
No tricks, gimmicks, special pills, special potions, special equipment. All it takes is desire and will.
I don’t talk about my personal life, and I don’t talk about death.
Everyone in this world is somehow connected. So why not just be nice to everybody.
I used to think that if someone gained their weight back, it was my fault, but all I can do is be God’s motivator and try to instill the motivation in others so they do it themselves.
People have been frying foods since Jesus was on this planet, and there is always going to be greasy, fried, salty, sugary food. It is up to the individual to walk in and say, ‘I don’t want those fries today.’
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.
I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.
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.
I’m not into any show that makes people compete when they lose weight.
It’s not nice to make fun of people with issues.
Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There’s no one in the world like you. You are amazing.
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.
I have 40 pounds to lose. It is not the fault of the fast food people, and anyone who’s trying to sue the fast food places needs a therapist, not an attorney.
Right now many schools have no recess. Most schools have no PE.
I don’t know about you, but every time some joker points me out as I walk through an airport wearing extra-small Dolfin shorts, a tank top and leg warmers, I get a little upset.
I have been up to my head just with calling people, I call about 50 to 100 people a day.
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.
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.
Puberty for me was graduating from Thousand Island salad dressing to Caesar salads. It was like going from hot dogs and hamburgers to beef stroganoff, or from ice cream in a cone to creme brulee.
People treat me like family, ’cause I’ve always treated them like family.
You are one of a kind and unique. Never forget that.
When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day; I ask him to keep me strong and make me a good teacher and to keep spreading this right word.
My persona has always been what a man was never supposed to be. Outrageous, gregarious, crazy, silly, funny.
I started my own class for people like me who can’t find any place else to go.
I have loved deeply. I have lost intensely. I will never love again. I get that love by people who care for me.
I start phone calls at 4 A.M. to cheer people up. The housebound, people in the hospital. People who, after decades, still can’t get over what happened 10 or 15 years ago.
Yeah, but I do call them back and follow up. Most people talk at overweight people, I talk with them.
I consider myself a court jester – motivator.
I get an abundance of e-mail every day, some say ‘dear Richard, can you call my husband, he weighs 400 pounds…’ or ‘my 14-year-old is 200 pounds…’ or ‘I just got divorced, no one wants me, I am 500 pounds.’ So I pick up the phone and I call people.
Our children are obese, either have or being threatened by diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and not socially adjusting properly to others because of a lack of fitness.
A kid who moves is a kid who learns.
