Melvin Van Peebles Quotes

I didn't start jogging or running until I was 37 years old. It was something that really helped me change my life.

I don't care what size you are or how old you are - once you see the results brought to you by regular exercise, you'll wonder how you survived without it.

I go running three times a week - outside in the park, come rain or shine, and I hate every moment of it. I hate everything about it. But I know it's important for health reasons and the reason why I run, in particular, is because my stage work is like cardiovascular work so I don't want to lose my breath on stage.

Exercise helps my back. If I don't exercise, that's when it starts to hurt. The pain is a good motivator to run and exercise.

I started daily training at the age of 14. When I was 16 years old, I was running twice a day.

We have to get up, and we have to move our bodies. We need to move! There is no way to be healthy or happy - no way - without having some kind of exercise regimen.

I've been into exercise my whole life, been a runner and been into health and fitness always.

Mum always encouraged us to run, she was very athletic.

I admire runners older than I - they are now my heroes. I want to be like them as I grow older.

I've got lots of stamina; don't worry about that. I cycle every day - it's OK.

With the case of running, it really is a case of get out, set yourself a distance, run it, and then do it again the next day. It's tremendously simple.

I like running and swimming, and exercise four or five times a week, but not for long - about 30 minutes. I just exercise by myself and find that as I get older it becomes easier. In school I remember not enjoying running at all.

I can't remember the last day I didn't train.

I run every day now. I never ran before.

I try to swim for 30 minutes and walk for 30 minutes, because if I don't, my finely honed body will slip into its old ways.

If I run, I'm much healthier - I run on a treadmill.

My doctor told me that jogging could add years to my life. I think he was right. I feel ten years older already.

I think of fitness as being about heart health and staying strong and agile. That actually makes me go to the gym. I used to hate it, and you couldn't drag me there, but now I can't stand it if I don't go, which seems weird.

I have an American trainer - a bubbly Californian. I tell her, 'Welsh women don't run. We're congenitally incapable.' But she's got me up to five kilometers.

I'm not out there sweating for three hours every day just to find out what it feels like to sweat.

You're never going to regret working out or being active. You might regret not doing it, you might regret pressing that snooze button, but you'll never regret getting physically active.

By running the N.Y.C. Marathon in 2008, I became a runner and I think that's what works the best for me and keeps my body the way I like it to be.

It's crazy how fast you get out of shape if you miss a couple days of action.

I don't feel right unless I have a sport to play or at least a way to work up a sweat.

I don't go to a gym. I find that really hard to do.