Oprah Winfrey Quotes

When I started working out, it wasn't about weight loss; I was going through a really hard time and needed an emotional release. Once you start getting in the tabloids claiming you have fake body parts, then it's like, 'Okay, I made it. Now I'm really working out.'

I wasn't athletic as a kid, and I was self-conscious about my body, but then in eighth grade I won a school contest, and the prize was a bunch of personal training sessions.

When I was 20, my husband at the time looked at me said, 'You're fat; go run.' There weren't a lot of tools at the end of the '70s to lose weight. It took me a while to realize what kind of exercise would make me happy and I would look forward to doing. And running became it.

I was really unfit for a while, so once I began running, I developed an obsession with it and started feeling really good. Then I thought I'd run a marathon after watching the London Marathon on TV. So I did it and had a good time. And then I ended up doing a bunch, and I was like, 'What if I could go further?' So I found out about Ultra Marathons.

People need to understand that I came this far being chubby and all that. Imagine how far I could go actually being in good shape and looking good.

I wanted to tell my story because I believe that if I can inspire or motivate even 10 or 15 people to start losing weight, it's a very big achievement. If I've managed to do it, anybody can.

Your struggles have not been a waste. They've come to strengthen you. And grow your capacity to lead - and win.

Although I have been through all that I have, I do not regret the many hardships I met, because it was they who brought me to the place I wished to reach.

Every failure teaches a man something, if he will learn; and you are too sensible a man not to learn from this failure.

I was a good 30 pounds overweight throughout high school, and it wasn't until I was going away to college that I really wanted to make sure I was doing everything possible to feel as confident as I could.

When I am wrong, I will learn the lesson and move on to face other challenges. For me, that's what creating your own life is. Doing your best work while being your best self.

Someone said I wasn't attractive enough. People say those things, but they make you stronger. Then you can win an Emmy and think, ha, ha, ha.

All the world wondered as they witnessed... a people lift themselves from humiliation to the greatest pride.

Everything people say I couldn't do I've done.

While I still have more good days than bad days, I'm going to keep playing.

I'm satisfied and proud of the things I did - even the bumps and the bruises that I've had on the way. You fall down, you get up, you brush yourself off and you keep going. And that's what we're doing.

My family and I had to overcome a lot to get where we are today.

If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.

I don't think I could live with myself if I stopped trying.

I do want to lose weight for my children. I don't want them to think being fat is okay.

I say to those people who are desperately trying to get healthy, in those moments where you feel like you can't go any further, you can.

My songs are always about overcoming things, whether it's breaking up with a guy or just trying to be happy. They're always about being better.

I learned patience, perseverance, and dedication. Now I really know myself, and I know my voice. It's a voice of pain and victory.

I worked hard to get where I am. And I started with nothing.

I can't think of anyone I admire who isn't fuelled by self-doubt. It's an essential ingredient. It's the grit in the oyster.