Betty Ford Quotes

When you turn 60, the key is to not stop moving. Once you start to stop moving, you rust. You got to just keep going.

Remember, what does 'retirement' mean? It doesn't mean that you're a couch potato. Leisure is not the same thing as rest. If you're bicycling five miles a day, that's leisure, but it certainly takes a lot of effort.

Some people retire and play golf. Some people hunt. Some people fish. I work out.

I was never one for just sitting in front of the telly.

I'm dancing tango, and I'm playing golf, and I'm quite active, you know, and for my age and everything, and what I've gone through, I'm very happy.

I try to keep my mind active. I'm a solitaire and puzzle addict. I exercise religiously. I don't do many things religiously and I've taken up golf to have something to do when I have nothing to do.

Retiring and discovering that you no longer have enough energy to enjoy life and dying a few years out of sheer boredom.

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 love swimming, tennis, and I am taking up golf. I am not serious about it, I just go to the range and practice. Other than that, I enjoy going to the movies and hanging out with my friends.

I swim more or less every day.

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.

I found out retirement means playing golf, or I don't know what the hell it means. But to me, retirement means doing what you have fun doing.

I like to swim. It's good for the body and it helps clear my head.

I swim when I can but I don't work out.

Being in Hawaii, it's almost impossible not to be fit, I think.

People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.

I love figure skating, so I do that as often as I can. Other than that I just go to the gym or swim. I love swimming.

I'm up at 5:30 or 6, but not willingly. By 8:30, I'm in my home office. I take a swim in the afternoon, and I garden. We have about an acre of land.

I go to the gym, I swim daily and from time to time I meet with friends and do extra-curricular stuff.

I say, 'Use it or lose it.' I have my own fitness regime, which is centred around stretching, free-weights and fast walking. I also have a trainer half of the year, as I spend my summers in the south of France where I swim a lot.

I play duplicate bridge and I play golf and I go swimming once in a while.

If I get a free moment, I want to get outside, play golf, go fishin'.

I'm not a guy who just sits there on the couch and watches TV all day long. I need to get up; I need to be active. I need to be doing things around the house - working out, playing a sport, whatever.

I row my boat on the river. I swim, ski, walk, lift weights, do yoga and Pilates. I don't want to be a weak, sick 90-year-old.

I have stayed active. I do keep moving. But I should start swimming more. Great exercise.