“Most workouts are way too aggressive. Thousands of lunges wear out the body. It's not healthy for the one with the bad back, bad knees, diabetes. I'm never going to do that.” WayBodyHealthyKneesAggressiveWorkoutDiabetes Author:Richard Simmons
“My way is the sensitive, emotional way, because that's who I am. A day doesn't go by where I don't sit and cry, listening to the stories. I try to be the clown and court jester and make people laugh.” PeopleWayTryingStoriesLaughingCryEmotionalListeningCourtWho I AmMy WaySensitiveClownMaking People LaughJesterCourt Jester Author:Richard Simmons
“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.” WayChildrenCountryEarthChangedTerribleAdultsLeavingTreatedUsaObese Author:Richard Simmons
“All of a sudden, I'm thinking that if I keep eating the way I'm eating, I'm not going to live long and I'm going to die. Having those thoughts as a young person can be very haunting.” IfsThinkingWayPersonsLongYoungDiesEatingHaunting Author:Richard Simmons
“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.” WayKidsEatingLike MeDisorderEating Disorder Author:Richard Simmons
“Most workouts are way too aggressive. Thousands of lunges wear out the body.” WayBodyAggressiveWorkout Author:Richard Simmons
“Comedy, not screaming at someone, can make someone lift their legs higher. There is a way to do a push-up and a sit-up, and it doesn't have to be so complicated. Everyone is putting a difficult twist to it and making you do way too much.” WayDifficultComedyToo MuchHigherLegsComplicatedLiftsTwistsPush Ups Author:Richard Simmons
“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.” KnowsWayFacesFoundTomorrowPoundsCakeTruckFreewaysFudge Author:Richard Simmons
“I might as well be gay. And not just because I love rhinestones and Barbara Streisand. But because Im a sensitive person who is supportive of gay people the same way Im sensitive to grossly obese people and ugly people.” PeopleWayWellsPersonsMightGayUglySensitiveSupportiveGay PeopleBarbaraObeseStreisandUgly PeopleSensitive PersonBarbara Streisand Author:Richard Simmons
“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!” IfsWayDoeLosesDrinkSolutionsPicksWeightRadioMagazinesDietsSoupPeanutsLose WeightPeanut ButterCabbage Author:Richard Simmons