Richard Simmons Quotes

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.

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. Forty years ago, I lost my weight, but only by watching what I was eating.

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

If you don't love your mother you go straight to hell.

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.

When I go to bed, I ask God to give me one more day tomorrow. When I get it, I'm excited and grateful.

You can say anything you want to say about me. But don't you dare address overweight people with terrible names and ugly remarks. That is what upsets me.

When I talk to kids who are overweight, I see my face on their bodies.

No tricks, gimmicks, special pills, special potions, special equipment. All it takes is desire and will.

I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.

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.

I'm a real paradox. Because I'm a very serious person, and I take my work very seriously. But I wrap it up in a court jester and a clown and make people laugh and make them feel good about themselves.

My father offered me a dollar for every pound I would lose as a kid. It didn't work. And it doesn't really work in the long run.

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.'

I don't have a lot to offer one person. I have a lot to offer to a lot of people.

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!

There is no magic milkshake or workout machine. I think the real machine is your body. I do love treadmills, ellipticals, stationary bikes, free weights.

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.

After I talk to so many people who are so unhappy about their weight and so depressed that they don't see any rainbows in their life, after I talk to about 30 of those, then I try to walk away and pet my dog, just do something that makes me happy.

People treat me like family, 'cause I've always treated them like family.

I have rules about eating, exercising and rules about staying positive. And these rules are sacred to me.

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.

I've been offered big money to promote machines. And high-protein diets, when that was really popular. There was always some new powder or diet plan that somebody wanted to put my name on.

I've never swayed from who I am. People have seen me on television, and they know what I'm like and they know what I do and they respect me for what I do. They know that I'm huggy and kissy.

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.

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!

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.

Work hard, take care of yourself, and you'll be just fine.

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.

When we're binging, we do not think about death. We just think about how good it tastes.

I am kinder to my body. I don't try to prove anything to myself or others. I keep thinking about the need to go slower, gentler and maintain a sense of humor about it all.

I have loved deeply. I have lost intensely. I will never love again. I get that love by people who care for me.

Ninety percent of people who lose weight gain it back. It's very sad.

Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better.

I just strive to do better. Every time I meet somebody, I ask myself, "How can I help this person?"

It's not nice to make fun of people with issues.

No one can make fun of overweight people in front of me!

A kid who moves is a kid who learns.

One day I may be meeting you and hearing how you've changed your life by saying, "Farewell to Fat".

I don't talk about my personal life, and I don't talk about death.

There is no such thing as sleep deprivation, there is only caffeine deficiency.

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.

If I have to die, I want to combust in the middle of one of my classes.

Every day after school, for three hours a day, I would sell those pralines on the street corner. I was just eight years old. I'd bring the money home to my parents and say, "This is just the beginning."

If I've got the right songs, I can weave a spell over everyone.

My persona has always been what a man was never supposed to be. Outrageous, gregarious, crazy, silly, funny.

I have a one of a kind collection of dolls. My house is like a museum.

Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better. I used to have eating disorders; I'd binge and purge all the time: fried oysters, po' boys, muffulettas, beignets, coffee and doughnuts. I tried to medicate myself with food when people made fun of me or hit me with a bat in school. I'd always turn to food. Knowing what I now know, I'd turn to me.