Cornelia Parker Quotes

I am lucky, I don't have aches and pains. I do Pilates regularly, which is a series of stretching exercises, and I recommend it to anyone of my age because the temptation is not to exercise when you get older. Well, you should.

Once I got both my hips replaced, I could start working out and going Pilates, and it's helped me be more active and youthful.

I think it's important to stretch as you get older, but I try to do basically all the things I did when I played, except I can't do them as well and as much.

I think it'd be wonderful if we could train young girls to be active in lots of ways and that they then wouldn't have to age at the same rate that they would if they were not more active. In other words, more physical fitness and not just the sporty kind, but the yoga, which is really important.

I'm a big believer that as you age, you need to stretch more.

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.

I like doing yoga. I do yoga three times a week and I do Pilates twice.

I do Pilates because it's important for me to have a healthy back when I'm 70 so I'm not hunched over and in pain.

I like to do Pilates.

I do Pilates because it's important for me to have a healthy back when I'm 70 so I'm not hunched over and in pain. That's more important to me than being thin.

You can exercise right through to your 60s, 70s, 80s and even 90s.

You can be even fitter at 60 than you were at 20.

The older you get, the more difficult it is to keep your body right.

Wherever I am, I always do yoga every day. I think it's so important for my physical health in sport.

I like doing Pilates because I get to lie down on the floor for the duration of the session.

Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.

My message is - keep moving. If you do, you'll keep arthritis at bay.

I go to yoga classes and work on my core.

The most important thing to do as you age is to stay physically active. Lots of people just throw in the towel if they can't do what they used to do, and that's terrible.

I'm just trying to keep my mind and my body active. The tough part about it is that physically I'm sort of limited.

I've been doing Pilates since 1974, I lift weights, I power walk every day and I run backwards. That's sometimes a little hard when you're not on your home turf, because you've got to find a place where there are no bumps in the way - or people.

Your body's made to run, to walk, to trek long distances and carry things, work in a forest, and hunt animals. You have to keep it alive to function.

I think a basic level of fitness can help the body cope with all manner of incidents.

Put me on solid ground and I'll start tapping! At my age they say to keep moving.

Sexy is attitude, but fitness for me is my dance. I dance two hours nearly every day. You break into good sweat, and it doesn't even feel like exercise. Apart from that, I enjoy Pilates.