David Joseph Schwartz Quotes

I would rather wear out than rust out.

I don't want to rust out, I'd rather wear out.

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.

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

We can't avoid age. However, we can avoid some aging. Continue to do things. Be active. Life is fantastic in the way it adjusts to demands; if you use your muscles and mind, they stay there much longer.

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.

We are keeping healthier and living longer and I am a good example of someone who is in the Age Concern bracket but is still working and keeping active.

My philosophy is very simple. To feel young, you must work as long as you can.

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

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing.

It looks good when you see someone kicking at the age of 51 with no double. It's kinda cool for people to know that past 50 we can keep flexible.

I actually feel, in a lot of ways, that I'm in better shape than I was when I was 30.

At 62 you want to keep moving; that's important.

Fortunately, I have been very healthy all my life and very active all my life and have enjoyed an active lifestyle.

Exercise is the fountain of youth, I believe.

I just don't have time to get old!

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 am always active.

The best way to keep young is to keep going in whatever it is that keeps you going. With me that's work, and a lot of it. And when a job is finished, relax and have fun.

I'll be happy if running and I can grow old together.

And he who lives a hundred years, idle and weak, a life of one day is better if a man has attained firm strength.

You don't stop running because you get old, you get old because you stop running.

Everybody wants to know what I'm on. What am I on? I'm on my bike busting my ass six hours a day. What are you on?

My running ambition is to keep doing it until I'm way past the point where I have any business running. Just to keep doing it throughout my whole life—to stay fit and feel good.

keep moving. It's hard for old age to hit a moving target.