A kid who moves is a kid who learns.
Richard Simmons

But if you pick up every other magazine, it is the peanut butter diet, or the cabbage soup diet, and then you go to the radio and you hear that you can drink some solution and you will lose weight overnight. It just does not work that way!
Richard Simmons

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

Everyone in this world is somehow connected. So why not just be nice to everybody.
Richard Simmons

I consider myself a court jester - motivator.
Richard Simmons

I consider myself a court jester.
Richard Simmons

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

I don't have to teach anymore, I don't have to work anymore, God has been really good to me.
Richard Simmons

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

I get an abundance of e-mail every day, some say 'dear Richard, can you call my husband, he weighs 400 pounds...' or 'my 14-year-old is 200 pounds...' or 'I just got divorced, no one wants me, I am 500 pounds.' So I pick up the phone and I call people.
Richard Simmons


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

I have been up to my head just with calling people, I call about 50 to 100 people a day.
Richard Simmons

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

I show them the funny part, the silly part, the laughing part, the crazy part and then the really deep, deep part where I'm talking from my heart to these people. Because I've been through everything they've been through.
Richard Simmons

I started my own class for people like me who can't find any place else to go.
Richard Simmons

I've been going to shopping malls since I was on General Hospital.
Richard Simmons

I've never lived in the visual world. I live very much in an emotional-contact world.
Richard Simmons

If your oxygen mask drops down, it's time to take a breather!
Richard Simmons

It's not nice to make fun of people with issues.
Richard Simmons

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