Gary Rossington Quotes

Not really, and actually my cholesterol was 190 when I had the heart attack. 190, which isn't that high. I took it down to about 130 and it's probably about 140 or 145 now.

Both my parents had heart problems: my mother had type 2 diabetes, and my father had a stroke.

My dad died of a massive heart attack when he was 59, as he didn't look after himself.

My heart may be black but it was still capable of heart failure.

I am opposed to heart attacks and cancer and strokes the way I am opposed to sin.

Any kind of blockage is heart disease; when you have a blood clot anywhere, that's heart disease. When Wilt Chamberlain died, strongest man I ever met in my life, I started paying attention.

I was 19 when my father died from a heart attack. He was a 55-year-old college professor and had led what was by all appearances a risk-free life. But he was overweight, and heart disease runs in our family.

I will never have a heart attack. I give them.

The importance of heart health became very real for me when my father died of heart disease seven years ago. Having experienced the loss first hand, I am inspired to do everything I can to break the cycle and prevent families from losing loved ones to this preventable disease.

Fans with heart problems have to be careful!

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in women.

I have learnt a lot about my body since my heart attack. I don't drink as much now as before.

The vast knowledge we have to prevent cancer, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses is staggering.

I want the public to know the truth, not every condition affecting the heart comes from a blockage.

Awareness about heart disease has got to be raised.

It's never too late to take your heart health seriously and make it a priority.

I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease.

I accepted the role of spokesman for Lipitor because I am dedicated to the battle against heart disease, which killed my father at age 62 and motivated me to become a medical doctor.

I am fully persuaded that thousands of our fellow-men might profit equally by a similar course to mine; but, constitutions not being all alike, a different course of treatment may be advisable for the removal of so tormenting an affliction.

Clinically, angina pectoris was known to be precipitated by anxiety and emotion just as well as by exercise.

Heart disease is no laughing matter. After my father suffered a massive heart attack, I realized just how serious heart disease can be.

Most women do not realize that heart disease is the #1 killer of American women.

If you're going to have a heart attack, mine was the kind to have. I'm thankful that it hasn't affected my output or my capacity to perform. And it has given me a lot to think and write about.

Fat is one of the chief enemies of the heart because it has to be plentifully supplied with blood and thus needlessly increases the pumping load that the heart must sustain.

A heart beset by coronary disease will begin to recruit secondary arteries to carry oxygenated blood.