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Richard Simmons Quotes

Total quotes: 44
“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.”
— Richard Simmons
Tagged: Eating Disorder, Self-Esteem
“I think it is very important that you like yourself for who you are and not want to look like anyone else. You also have to understand, many people have had cosmetic surgeries in order to look the way they look. So why look like them when you can just look like you? And there is nothing wrong with looking like you. You are one of a kind and unique. Never forget that.”
— Richard Simmons, INTERVIEW: Richard Simmons On Lady Gaga, How He Survived His Eating Disorder And Being Healthy
Tagged: Self-Esteem, plastic surgery
“Take a moment every day to find peace. Pull over to the side of the road, turn off the radio, and find peace.”
— Richard Simmons, Happy Birthday: Richard Simmons
Tagged: Peace
“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, INTERVIEW: Richard Simmons On Lady Gaga, How He Survived His Eating Disorder And Being Healthy
Tagged: Perfection, Happiness, Peace
“Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There's no one in the world like you. You are amazing.”
— Richard Simmons, He loves you more than Chinese food
“I'm the clown you take out of the box and wind up when you need a good laugh. And then, when you're done with me, I go back in my box.”
— Richard Simmons
Tagged: Comedians
“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, Living Your Life Alive
“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, Sweatin’ With the Oldie
Tagged: eating disorders
“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, Pharaohs of fitness
Tagged: eating disorders, Overeating, fitness pioneers
“Even though my work is whimsical. I have a very serious job. I cry more than I laugh.”
— Richard Simmons, Richard Simmons Spreads The Gospel Of Fitness
Tagged: Laughter, Comedians
“In high school, I could get beaten up all the time, or I could be something better. I became the court jester.”
— Richard Simmons, The many secrets of Richard Simmons
Tagged: high school, bullying, comedy
“I sort of think of myself as part priest, part clown. I don’t make anybody say Hail Marys or Our Fathers, but I listen to them and try to give them the best advice that I can.”
— Richard Simmons
Tagged: comedy
“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.'”
— Richard Simmons, Richard Simmons, Free-Market Hero!
Tagged: eating disorders, Fried Foods
“I've never lived in the visual world. I live very much in an emotional-contact world.”
— Richard Simmons, Cover Story: The Sultan of Svelte – Vol. 16 No. 18
Tagged: actor, Roles, Individual, richard simmons
“People treat me like family, 'cause I've always treated them like family. My father said something years ago: 'Know no strangers.' Everyone in this world is somehow connected. So why not just be nice to everybody?”
— Richard Simmons, Richard Simmons 'Still Doin' It' at 60
Tagged: Family, Strangers, kindness, richard simmons, Richard, simmons, Exercise, Obesity, fat, weight loss, diet, aerobics, spandex, sweatin to the oldies, chris connelly, nightline, late evening news, late night news, cynthia mcfadden, terry moran, bill weir, nightline
“No tricks, gimmicks, special pills, special potions, special equipment. All it takes is desire and will.”
— Richard Simmons, 100 Best Fitness Inspiration Quotes
Tagged: Dieting, Desire, willpower
“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.”
— Richard Simmons
Tagged: eating disorders, Overweight, bullying
“The real pride, the real present, is your health and your longevity. My whole career, I have never done anything where competition was involved with weight loss.”
— Richard Simmons
Tagged: Health, weight loss, Longevity
“When we're binging, we do not think about death. We just think about how good it tastes.”
— Richard Simmons
Tagged: Eating Disorder, Binge Eating
“I'm like a stuffed toy. You've never met me, but if you did, you'd just want to take me home and put me in your child's room.”
— 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.”
— Richard Simmons
Tagged: Eating Disorder
“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.”
— Richard Simmons
Tagged: Singing
“I have two rules for living in the world. I never say anything negative about anyone, because that won't get you anywhere. And two, if people confront me with certain questions, if they are not right, I will not answer them.”
— Richard Simmons
Tagged: Negativity
“I am a cryer. I have always been. When rain pours down from the heavens, angels are crying. I cry tears of joy and sometimes, tears of sadness. After all tears, comes a rainbow.”
— Richard Simmons, INTERVIEW: Richard Simmons On Lady Gaga, How He Survived His Eating Disorder And Being Healthy
Tagged: Crying, Angels, Sadness, Joy, rainbow
“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, Richard Simmons 'Still Doin' It' at 60
Tagged: Persuasion, richard simmons, Richard, simmons, Exercise, Obesity, fat, weight loss, diet, aerobics, spandex, sweatin to the oldies, chris connelly, nightline, late evening news, late night news, cynthia mcfadden, terry moran, bill weir, nightline
“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.”
— Richard Simmons, Jane Fonda and Richard Simmons: Still sweating after all these years
Tagged: Sleep, Television
“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.”
— Richard Simmons
Tagged: eating disorders
“I get tired of negativity in our country. I get tired of people who only want to know dirt. I get tired of people who don't believe in themselves.”
— Richard Simmons
Tagged: Negativity
“Everyone has a story that makes me stronger. I know that the work I do is important and I enjoy it, but it is nice to hear the feedback of what we do to inspire others.”
— Richard Simmons, Richard Simmons diet
“My persona has always been what a man was never supposed to be. Outrageous, gregarious, crazy, silly, funny.”
— Richard Simmons, Richard Simmons' Personal Life: A Not-so-open Book
Tagged: Masculinity
“People spend thousands in therapy digging and digging in the past. When you dig and dig, you find relics. Try to forgive yourself and get back on that ride.”
— Richard Simmons, Pharaohs of fitness
Tagged: therapy, Moving On, Forgivenes, fitness pioneers
“A kid who moves is a kid who learns.”
— Richard Simmons, Richard Simmons Obesity Crusade
Tagged: richard simmons, Exercise, Fitness, Obesity, Childhood, p.e., PE, physical, Children, kids, workout, GMA, good morning America, diet, schools, Initiative, good morning America, morning news, robin roberts, lara spencer, josh eliott, sam champion, GMA
“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. I just love what I do, and I’m a teacher more than anything. 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.”
— Richard Simmons
Tagged: Comedians, Laughter
“Work hard, take care of yourself, and you'll be just fine.”
— Richard Simmons, Through Thick And Thin, Simmons Is Still Sweatin'
Tagged: inspiration, Hard Work
“If anyone's depressed for any reason, whether a relationship has fallen apart or they're having money problems, wearing feathered wings and a tutu takes you into a whole other world. A whole new woooooorld, a world of bright and shining stars!”
— Richard Simmons
Tagged: Depression, Relationships
“That's what the majority of people in the world do, they walk among the ruins of their life. Things that didn't work out, relationships that went sour, jobs that disappeared. All they can think about is their ruins, and when you focus on that you can't build a new you.”
— Richard Simmons
Tagged: Relationships, Depression
“I give people permission to be kids again.”
— Richard Simmons
“Food became sex for me – it became my pleasure. And my taste was maturing. 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 crème brûlée.”
— Richard Simmons, He loves you more than Chinese food
Tagged: food, Sex, Hot Dogs, ice cream, eating disorders
“There's a list of foods I can't have in the house. Peanut butter, can't have that in the house. Potato chips, can't have that in the house. Random little small mini candy bars, don't even think about it. I just have to watch everything. I have to stay between 1500 and 1600 calories a day. That's it.”
— Richard Simmons
Tagged: Dieting, eating disorders, Peanut Butter
“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, Richard Simmons video
Tagged: Peanut Butter, Dieting, weight loss
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