Len Goodman Quotes

I asked Fred Astaire once when he was about my age if he still danced, and he said 'Yes, but it hurts now.' That's exactly it. I can still dance, too, but it hurts now!

I have no desire to be 60 years old and standing on the side of the pitch.

People dance at any age.

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

Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down.

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.

My joints hurt. I'm slower. But I remember what it was like to run and play with the boys. I want to be one of the boys.

I didn't work out from 30 to 68. I just started working out when I turned 68.

I don't want to be the oldest performer in captivity... I don't want to look like a little old man dancing out there.

Even my stuntman is old.

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.

At 60, the mind was sharp but the body complained. The legs were willing to make all the right moves but the muscles gave out too early.

You know you're old if they have discontinued your blood type.

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.

If I want to run around a field when I'm 70, I would like to have that option.

Find fitness with fun dancing. It is fun and makes you forget about the dreaded exercise.

I may, however, begin riding again when I am 60.

The biggest myth about aging is that we can't do anything about it. That it's a road to being decrepit, frail, and sick.

Once in a while, when I'm out on the lawn, I'll jump around and do a couple of things. Here's a secret: The older you get, the more difficult it gets. The smallest little injury stays with you for so long. But that's how it goes, and it doesn't stop me. I'm always ready to do something that hurts a little!

As I approach my 88th birthday, it's become apparent to me that my eyes and ears, among other appurtenances, aren't quite what they used to be. The prospect of long flights to wherever in search of whatever are not quite as appealing.

I'm saving that rocker for the day when I feel as old as I really am.

It is better not to sit on the grass after thirty when sprawling at all is difficult, let alone sprawling gracefully.

I guess maybe when you get past 70, other people start asking you how you feel.

In sharp contrast to the idea that this stage of life is enviable, we hear high levels of anxiety about getting old, anxieties about health, mobility, access to facilities, simple routine care and attention.

We grow old more through indolence, than through age.