Fitness Quotes

Shearer could be at 100 per cent fitness, but not peak fitness.

My mother was a P.E. teacher, and she was kind of a fanatic about fitness and nutrition growing up, so it was ingrained in me at a young age. As I get older, I'm finding out it's not about getting all buffed up and looking good. It's more about staying healthy and flexible.

No one's ever achieved financial fitness with a January resolution that's abandoned by February.

To enjoy the glow of good health, you must exercise.

The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy.

You need to eat normally and healthfully, and you need to exercise. I'm so passionate about this because I think people spend their lives not happy in their bodies.

The human body is the best picture of the human soul.

As a father, my first priority is to help my sons set and attain personal goals so they will develop self-confidence and individual strength. Engaging in regular fitness activities with my children helps me fulfill those responsibilities.

It's not about weight, it's about fitness, and one component of being fit is to have relatively low body fat, because fat is not very efficient, whereas muscle is.

Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.

Overall, I think I'm in pretty good shape, but I'm not really someone that is gung-ho or a fitness fanatic.

A drunkard in the gutter is just where he ought to be, according to the fitness and tendency of things. Nature has set upon him the process of decline and dissolution by which she removes things which have survived their usefulness.

Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.

Now I say that if you run more than 15 miles a week, it's for something other than aerobic fitness. Once you pass 15 miles, you do not see much further improvement.

The groundwork of all happiness is health.

Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.

The only weights I lift are my dogs.

Practice puts brains in your muscles.

I'm still very professional about my fitness. I stay in trim as I always did.

I have long recognized a link between fitness and mental health and I think we need to encourage young people to take part in sports and team activities because we know it has such positive results.

Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and they know what works and doesn't work.

And I believe that the best buy in public health today must be a combination of regular physical exercise and a healthy diet.

Fitness will be a major factor in the first race and I think that will play into the hands of drivers who have been racing recently, rather than people like me who haven't raced properly for a decade. I'am not one of the favourites to start with.

Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.

Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart.

I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.

Time and health are two precious assets that we don't recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.

As the proud father of two teens and past Chairman to the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, I am committed to educating parents and especially young people on ways to live a long, healthy and active life.

Like most people I can be lazy, so it's nice to have a goal or deadline or reason to work out. I feel better when I get to exercise, or when I'm outdoors. I like to hike, swim and run, and I love to play soccer.

The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.