Top 100 Richard Simmons Quotes
#1. I'd love to have a big old hug with Richard Simmons.
Blake Shelton
#2. 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
#3. The only exercise guru then was Richard Simmons - a flamboyant fuzzy-haired creature who vaguely resembled a gay Bozo the Clown, unless that's redundant, which I, thank God, have no way of knowing, having no, thank God, direct
Carrie Fisher
#4. [T]he man who accused Richard Simmons of slapping him in an airport has dropped the assault charge. Dropped it! Upon hearing the news, Simmons sadly responded, You mean I'm not going to prison?
Dennis Miller
#5. It's hard to march purposefully, or in any other way, when your thighs are screaming like Richard Simmons in a candy store- good God, stop the madness.
P.C. Cast
#6. I would not want to be Richard Simmons ... right now or anytime. He seems like a nice guy, but if I had to dress like that? That would absolutely suck.
Blake Shelton
#7. After months of speculation, the sitcom star Ellen DeGeneres admitted that yes, she's gay. Inspired by her courage, today, diet-guru Richard Simmons admitted that he is really, really, really, really gay.
Norm MacDonald
#8. I bought all those [fitness] videos
Richard Simmons, Jane Fonda. I love to sit and eat cookies and watch 'em.
Dolly Parton
#9. Do my worst, eh? Smithers, release the robotic Richard Simmons.
Mr. Burns
Matt Groening
#10. Where I live in Oklahoma, it's all ranchers. My friends are all cowboys and pretty rough guys. If I had a hot tub back there, I may as well have Richard Simmons come over and live with me.
Blake Shelton
#11. She could have had a heart attack!" Jenny insisted. "Oh, please, Ruthie's an unstoppable force of nature, like the Black Plague or Richard Simmons.
Molly Harper
#12. No one can make fun of overweight people in front of me!
Richard Simmons
#13. You have to make your own decisions. That's what the freedom in America is all about.
Richard Simmons
#14. Ninety percent of people who lose weight gain it back. It's very sad.
Richard Simmons
#15. Being successful is something that's sometimes hard to deal with.
Richard Simmons
#16. I get energy from meditation practice and from eating healthy fresh food, only one cup of espresso in the morning, and not drinking too much.
Richard Simmons
#17. When you're feeling down, sad, lonely, negative, you don't want to take care of yourself - and the weight problem and the diabetic problem and the heart attack and stroke problems and high cholesterol set in.
Richard Simmons
#18. Every day after school, for three hours a day, I would sell those pralines on the street corner. I was just eight years old. I'd bring the money home to my parents and say, "This is just the beginning."
Richard Simmons
#19. When I go to bed, I ask God to give me one more day tomorrow. When I get it, I'm excited and grateful.
Richard Simmons
#20. 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
#21. I hope in my lifetime we can all continue to laugh at ourselves and not put down anyone for what they weigh.
Richard Simmons
#22. 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
#23. My nickname is Dickie Jukebox. I own thousands and thousands and thousands of songs.
Richard Simmons
#24. I just love what I do, and I'm a teacher more than anything.
Richard Simmons
#25. After all the throwing up, I would starve myself. Which meant eating lettuce and water for two and a half months. I almost lost my life.
Richard Simmons
#26. When we're binging, we do not think about death. We just think about how good it tastes.
Richard Simmons
#27. 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
#28. 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
#29. I have been up to my head just with calling people, I call about 50 to 100 people a day.
Richard Simmons
#30. I just want people to get off the back burner of their life and start to take better care of themselves and their children.
Richard Simmons
#31. When I talk to kids who are overweight, I see my face on their bodies.
Richard Simmons
#32. Therell always be some weird thing about eating four grapes before you go to bed, or drinking a special tea, or buying this little bean from El Salvador.
Richard Simmons
#33. 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
#34. No tricks, gimmicks, special pills, special potions, special equipment. All it takes is desire and will.
Richard Simmons
#35. Everyone's under pressure and you just have to learn how to deal with it. And I deal with it through prayer and staying busy.
Richard Simmons
#36. I do not want any child in America to have my childhood because it was taken away from me because I just wasn't good enough; well I am good enough now.
Richard Simmons
#37. People treat me like family, 'cause I've always treated them like family.
Richard Simmons
#39. 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
#40. Most workouts are way too aggressive. Thousands of lunges wear out the body.
Richard Simmons
#41. 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.
Richard Simmons
#42. I have 40 pounds to lose. It is not the fault of the fast food people, and anyone who's trying to sue the fast food places needs a therapist, not an attorney.
Richard Simmons
#43. 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
#44. For many years, my formula has been to love yourself, move your body and to watch portion size. But the No. 1 thing is to love and value yourself, no matter what you've been through.
Richard Simmons
#45. I'm a real paradox. Because I'm a very serious person, and I take my work very seriously. But I wrap it up in a court jester and a clown and make people laugh and make them feel good about themselves.
Richard Simmons
#46. Everything I show you is the truth-And the truth is the loveliest of lies.
Richard Alan Simmons
#47. I think at the age of 50, everyone should write their own autobiography.
Richard Simmons
#48. 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
#49. Everything I did with my life I did so that I could give my parents everything they didn't have because of me.
Richard Simmons
#50. 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
#51. 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
#52. 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
#53. Back in the 70s and 80s, women felt the discrimination of being overweight. And now 35% of the letters I receive are from men.
Richard Simmons
#54. I never sold any of those "lose 10 pounds every week" scams. I've not changed my tune in all these years. I've seen everything pass by me, and I've been offered millions of dollars to put my name on products that were just lies. And I never did it.
Richard Simmons
#55. This is my theater. This is where I can sing and act out a play and do sit-ups at the same time.
Richard Simmons
#56. Energy is that amazing feeling that comes to life inside of you when you're happy and believe in yourself.
Richard Simmons
#57. When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day; I ask him to keep me strong and make me a good teacher and to keep spreading this right word.
Richard Simmons
#58. Our children are obese, either have or being threatened by diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and not socially adjusting properly to others because of a lack of fitness.
Richard Simmons
#59. I've never lived in the visual world. I live very much in an emotional-contact world.
Richard Simmons
#60. If your oxygen mask drops down, it's time to take a breather!
Richard Simmons
#61. One day I may be meeting you and hearing how you've changed your life by saying, 'Farewell to Fat'.
Richard Simmons
#62. Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There's no one in the world like you. You are amazing.
Richard Simmons
#63. Right now many schools have no recess. Most schools have no PE.
Richard Simmons
#64. People need the court jester, so I keep that smile on and keep going out there to do what I do.
Richard Simmons
#65. Well mine is not gimmicky - it is the 6 food groups that God made, and exercising every day. Trying to think positively.
Richard Simmons
#66. My persona has always been what a man was never supposed to be. Outrageous, gregarious, crazy, silly, funny.
Richard Simmons
#67. I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.
Richard Simmons
#69. Every morning when I get up, I ask God what he wants me to do, ask him to lead me to the right people to help them.
Richard Simmons
#70. I have rules about eating, exercising and rules about staying positive. And these rules are sacred to me.
Richard Simmons
#71. 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
#72. 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
#73. For my workout, I'm up at 4 A.M. I say my prayers, count my blessings, and I work out right away. I just get it done.
Richard Simmons
#74. I've been offered big money to promote machines. And high-protein diets, when that was really popular. There was always some new powder or diet plan that somebody wanted to put my name on.
Richard Simmons
#75. When I was growing up, I did not exercise at all. I was raised in the French Quarter in New Orleans. If I saw someone running, I would call the police because I thought they stole something on Royal Street.
Richard Simmons
#76. 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.
Richard Simmons
#77. 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
#78. There is no such thing as sleep deprivation, there is only caffeine deficiency.
Richard Simmons
#79. My parents always told me to be myself. I was always funny and silly as a kid. And I would always make them laugh. And they always told me to dream big and follow those dreams.
Richard Simmons
#80. But at the heart of character is the ability to restrain our desires. As a man grows in character, he builds the muscles of self-restraint.
Richard E. Simmons III
#81. 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
#82. You know, if your parents didn't have you, they'd be living in a nicer home, driving a Mercedes-Benz, with money in the bank and a boat. But noooooo. They had to have you! You've got to give back!
Richard Simmons
#83. 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.
Richard Simmons
#84. I started my own class for people like me who can't find any place else to go.
Richard Simmons
#85. I'm not into any show that makes people compete when they lose weight.
Richard Simmons
#86. 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
#87. Even though my work is whimsical. I have a very serious job. I cry more than I laugh.
Richard Simmons
#88. If I've got the right songs, I can weave a spell over everyone.
Richard Simmons
#89. Thats what we need going into the millennium. We need some positive, happy stuff.
Richard Simmons
#90. 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
#91. My father offered me a dollar for every pound I would lose as a kid. It didn't work. And it doesn't really work in the long run. Who are you competing against? It's you. You need to be doing this for you and only you.
Richard Simmons
#92. If I don't take care of myself, if I don't feel good about myself, how can I help others?
Richard Simmons
#93. 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
#94. 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
#95. 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
#96. I have loved deeply. I have lost intensely. I will never love again. I get that love by people who care for me.
Richard Simmons
#97. 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
#98. Everyone in Senate is a hurdle, but everyone in there has children. Everyone in there has grandchildren. No one wants to see our kids continue to gain weight, have high blood pressure high cholesterol, diabetes, and depression.
Richard Simmons
#99. Work hard, take care of yourself, and you'll be just fine.
Richard Simmons
#100. I'll tell you who makes me laugh, in a good way, and I'd love to have a date with her: if I could just have a salad with Lady Gaga? This would be my - I would almost probably faint.
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