Richard Simmons

“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.”

“I'm such a huge fan, and I've done classes of all Lady Gaga music. And she's just someone who evokes freedom and love for her fans and passion in what she does. Lady Gaga, I'll take you out for a salad anytime.”

“I'm not into any show that makes people compete when they lose weight.”

“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.”

“Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There's no one in the world like you. You are amazing.”

“No tricks, gimmicks, special pills, special potions, special equipment. All it takes is desire and will.”

“In high school, I could get beaten up all the time, or I could be something better. I became the court jester.”

“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.”

“I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.”

“I used to think that if someone gained their weight back, it was my fault, but all I can do is be God's motivator and try to instill the motivation in others so they do it themselves.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Ninety percent of people who lose weight gain it back. It's very sad.”

“You shouldn't make fun of people who have issues.”

“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.”

“Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better. I used to have eating disorders; I'd binge and purge all the time: fried oysters, po' boys, muffulettas, beignets, coffee and doughnuts. I tried to medicate myself with food when people made fun of me or hit me with a bat in school. I'd always turn to food.”

“My nickname is Dickie Jukebox. I own thousands and thousands and thousands of songs.”

“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.”

“I hope in my lifetime we can all continue to laugh at ourselves and not put down anyone for what they weigh.”

“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.'”