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> [I'm 64, but I act like I'm still 12. I go to schools. At colleges, they come out in droves, they almost scare me. I think it's just to see if I'm still alive. After I work them out -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-simmons/i-m-64-but-i-act-like-i-m-still-12-i-go-to-schools-at-colleges-they/)

[Richard Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-simmons/)

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## More by Richard Simmons

> [I try to be the clown and court jester and make people laugh. At the same time, you have people in the hospital who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-simmons/i-try-to-be-the-clown-and-court-jester-and-make-people-laugh-at-the/)

[Richard Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-simmons/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-simmons/i-m-like-a-stuffed-toy-you-ve-never-met-me-but-if-you-did-you-d-just/)

[Richard Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-simmons/)

> [The real pride, the real present, is your health and your longevity. My whole career, I have never done anything where competition was involved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-simmons/the-real-pride-the-real-present-is-your-health-and-your-longevity-my/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-simmons/for-my-workout-i-m-up-at-4am-i-say-my-prayers-count-my-blessings-and/)

[Richard Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-simmons/)

> [When you gain weight, for every pound that you gain, it adds four pounds of stress on your knees. So if you gain five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-simmons/when-you-gain-weight-for-every-pound-that-you-gain-it-adds-four/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-simmons/after-i-talk-to-so-many-people-who-are-so-unhappy-about-their-weight/)

[Richard Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-simmons/)

> [I have been up to my head just with calling people, I call about 50 to 100 people a day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-simmons/i-have-been-up-to-my-head-just-with-calling-people-i-call-about-50-to/)

[Richard Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-simmons/)

> [When we're binging, we do not think about death. We just think about how good it tastes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-simmons/when-we-re-binging-we-do-not-think-about-death-we-just-think-about/)

[Richard Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-simmons/)

> [I was born with a crippled leg. I wore a corrective shoes since I was three years old and I still wear them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-simmons/i-was-born-with-a-crippled-leg-i-wore-a-corrective-shoes-since-i-was/)

[Richard Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-simmons/)

> [I was always into staying busy, into my goals, into making notes and planning. I'm not one who truly lives in the past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-simmons/i-was-always-into-staying-busy-into-my-goals-into-making-notes-and/)

[Richard Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-simmons/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-simmons/we-overweight-people-we-say-terrible-things-to-ourselves-oh-you/)

[Richard Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-simmons/)

> [Most workouts are way too aggressive. Thousands of lunges wear out the body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-simmons/most-workouts-are-way-too-aggressive-thousands-of-lunges-wear-out-the/)

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> [I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-simmons/i-spent-my-childhood-eating-the-only-exercise-i-got-was-trying-to/)

[Richard Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-simmons/)

> [My parents always told me to be myself. I was always funny and silly as a kid. And I would always make them laugh.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-simmons/my-parents-always-told-me-to-be-myself-i-was-always-funny-and-silly/)

[Richard Simmons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-simmons/my-way-is-the-sensitive-emotional-way-because-that-s-who-i-am-a-day/)

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