Dick Van Dyke Quotes

You can be even fitter at 60 than you were at 20.

As you get older, things don't work as well. I do Pilates, and that helps.

My message is - keep moving. If you do, you'll keep arthritis at bay.

My mother was a P.E. teacher, and she was kind of a fanatic about fitness and nutrition growing up, so it was ingrained in me at a young age. As I get older, I'm finding out it's not about getting all buffed up and looking good. It's more about staying healthy and flexible.

I think a basic level of fitness can help the body cope with all manner of incidents.

Once I got both my hips replaced, I could start working out and going Pilates, and it's helped me be more active and youthful.

All physical activity begins with the body's core. I maintain the strength in my core so that I can jump, run, start, stop, and accelerate at the highest levels.

I am lucky, I don't have aches and pains. I do Pilates regularly, which is a series of stretching exercises, and I recommend it to anyone of my age because the temptation is not to exercise when you get older. Well, you should.

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.

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

I'm a big believer that as you age, you need to stretch more.

Making fitness a priority will energize you, make you look and feel better, and help diffuse stress.

While I've got my health and fitness, I'm available... except for panto, of course. Too bloody much like hard work.

It's sort of like, our bodies are designed to keep moving, and when we don't move it, we're not going to feel great.

I feel like if we're not running, we're basically disrespecting our bodies. When you're running, you're really using your body for what it's meant to do.

Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.

Exercise is roughly equivalent to an oil lube and a filter for a car. You don't have to do it, but when you do, it makes the car run a lot better.

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'm just trying to keep my mind and my body active. The tough part about it is that physically I'm sort of limited.

I don't care what size you are or how old you are - once you see the results brought to you by regular exercise, you'll wonder how you survived without it.

I do Pilates because it's important for me to have a healthy back when I'm 70 so I'm not hunched over and in pain.

Your body's made to run, to walk, to trek long distances and carry things, work in a forest, and hunt animals. You have to keep it alive to function.

As a young child, I suffered from poor health. My parents encouraged me to swim, which really improved my condition.

As a child, I was very active. I was a gymnast, I played touch football, netball and basketball. When I was 16 years old, I started yoga. I started working out at an early age.

I haven't danced since 1973; I'm too old.