When I go to teach, that's not my workout. It's my show. I'm 134 pounds - I'm a teeny thing. I work out 11/2 hours a day and eat 1,600 calories. I can't stray because I have to fit into these Dolfin shorts! — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Simmons Copy Share Image
I try to be the clown and court jester and make people laugh. At the same time, you have people in the hospital who… — Richard Simmons Copy Share
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… — Richard Simmons Copy Share
The real pride, the real present, is your health and your longevity. My whole career, I have never done anything where competition was involved… — Richard Simmons Copy Share
For my workout, I'm up at 4am. I say my prayers, count my blessings, and I work out right away. I just get it… — Richard Simmons Copy Share
When you gain weight, for every pound that you gain, it adds four pounds of stress on your knees. So if you gain five… — Richard Simmons Copy Share
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… — Richard Simmons Copy Share
I have been up to my head just with calling people, I call about 50 to 100 people a day. — Richard Simmons Copy Share
When we're binging, we do not think about death. We just think about how good it tastes. — Richard Simmons Copy Share
I was born with a crippled leg. I wore a corrective shoes since I was three years old and I still wear them. — Richard Simmons Copy Share
I was always into staying busy, into my goals, into making notes and planning. I'm not one who truly lives in the past. — Richard Simmons Copy Share
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… — Richard Simmons Copy Share
Most workouts are way too aggressive. Thousands of lunges wear out the body. — Richard Simmons Copy Share
I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise. — Richard Simmons Copy Share
My parents always told me to be myself. I was always funny and silly as a kid. And I would always make them laugh.… — Richard Simmons Copy Share
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… — Richard Simmons Copy Share
