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.

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 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.

It's my life dream to be able to go and continue going to schools and teaching them about stretching and aerobics, cardio and strength training, because I want them to have a better life than I did. I don't want them to grow up to be me. I want them to be healthy. I want them not to go through eating disorders [like me].

Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There's no one in the world like you. You are amazing.

I took desperate measures to lose weight and did terrible things to myself. I went from diet pills to thirty laxatives a day to throwing up.

A kid who moves is a kid who learns.