Ellen DeGeneres Quotes

You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is.

In my seventies, I exercised to stay ambulatory. In my eighties, I exercise to avoid assisted living.

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

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

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.

I'm lucky enough to lead a very active life, so I'm always on the go.

Now people live into their 90s and beyond. As long as I have quality of life, I'm good.

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.

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

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

Exercise is the fountain of youth, I believe.

Fitness has nothing to do with age.

At 87, I have to keep moving because, if I sit down, you never know what might happen.

I am 40 years old, but I still feel fit.

Your fitness is your ability to recover and you can't recover when you're old.

Getting older doesn't worry me, what does is getting unfit.

Carry your groceries, garden, and do other activities that keep you moving. You will add more years to your life and more life to your years.

People think I'm talking like I'm in perfect health, but I have all the infirmities for my age. I have arthritis and all those things. But if you keep moving, that won't bother you.

I'm playing golf. I ride my mountain bike. A lot. I think it's very important for me and other people my age to continue to exercise.

The sum of the whole is this: walk and b« happy! walk and be healthy. The best of all ways to lengthen ourdays, is notas Mr. Thomas Moore has it, " ]To steal a few hours from night, my love;" but with leave, be it spoken, to walk steadily and with a purpose.

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.

But generally I am fine with a capital F; probably in extraordinary shape for a man of my age.

The first wealth is health.

If you don't have your health, you don't have anything.

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