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. – Richard Simmons
Well mine is not gimmicky – it is the 6 food groups that God made, and exercising every day. Trying to think positively. – Richard Simmons
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. – Richard Simmons
One day I may be meeting you and hearing how you’ve changed your life by saying, ‘Farewell to Fat’. – Richard Simmons
People are still grasping for the miracle, and unfortunately, there are no miracles, if you do not exercise for a year, and let your body remain dormant, then you will gain weight. – Richard Simmons
Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There’s no one in the world like you. You are amazing. – Richard Simmons
No tricks, gimmicks, special pills, special potions, special equipment. All it takes is desire and will. – Richard Simmons
I hope in my lifetime we can all continue to laugh at ourselves and not put down anyone for what they weigh. – Richard Simmons
In high school, I could get beaten up all the time, or I could be something better. I became the court jester. – Richard Simmons
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. – Richard Simmons
Miley Cyrus, like all of us, needs to be loved. We all come from complicated parents… I understand her, and I love her, and I think things will be different with her. But you know, in the music business, sometimes you have to shock a little. – Richard Simmons
When I lost my weight, I went and bought about 15 different types of underwear to see what would look good on my new body. It’s exciting! – Richard Simmons
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. – Richard Simmons
You have to make your own decisions. That’s what the freedom in America is all about. – Richard Simmons
I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise. – Richard Simmons
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. – 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! – Richard Simmons
How do you get motivated? By knowing your worth. Americans do not know how worthy they are. You deserve to be healthy, but a lot of times, people have, as childs been told – as a children been told that they’re no good, that they’re never going to be anything else. – Richard Simmons
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. – Richard Simmons
I put a spell on people so they don’t know they’re working out… An enchanting spell, where they just don’t think about it, or over think it, and then at the end they go, ‘Wow, I feel good.’ – 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. – Richard Simmons
I don’t have to teach anymore, I don’t have to work anymore, God has been really good to me. – Richard Simmons
