Jack LaLanne Quotes

I've always stayed pretty fit. I felt I needed to give myself energy by exercising and things like that.

Our bodies are machines and have to be functional, and to do that they have to be fed properly.

You need the right fuel for the body.

I had to get healthy for a period in my life, so I learned a lot about food and diet.

You're never going to be bulletproof, but if you're feeding yourself good food and making sure you're eating the right supplements, I think you reduce the chances of getting any niggling injuries.

Maintaining a good diet is the key to having great abs.

I have a very strict philosophy that if you're not working out, you're getting fat.

I think of exercise as the father of the body and nutrition as the mother.

I like to think I'm healthy. I exercise a lot.

I believe so strongly in what I do and I practice what I preach! My Dad died at fifty - do I have to die at fifty? My Dad ate all the junk food, he wouldn't exercise - how can you tell your Dad anything? We know about nutrition and we know about exercise. There's no reason for anybody to be sick and tired, fat and out of shape - it's ridiculous!

I think it's very important, even if you're not in organized sports, but just to be active, to be healthy.

Think of every step in a workout as a step in the right direction.

Physic, for the most part, is nothing else but the substitute of exercise and temperance.

I always want to be on the cusp of being in the best shape that I can be. What I'm discovering is that the older you get, the more work you have to do to stay there.

Physic is, for the most part, only a substitute for temperance and exercise.

I always want to be on the cusp of being in the best shape that I can be.

I really don't think I need buns of steel. I'd be happy with buns of cinnamon.

Even when all is known, the care of a man is not yet complete, because eating alone will not keep a man well; he must also take exercise. For food and exercise, while possessing opposite qualities, yet work together to produce health.

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.

I don't know, I'm not in shape yet.

I'm addicted to exercise. I love going to the gym, but my absolute favorite is hiking in L.A., particularly Runyon Canyon. It's become my mental and physical salvation.

We know today about nutrition and we know about exercise. There's no reason for anybody to be sick and tired, fat and out of shape -- it's ridiculous! This has got to be taught in the schools. It's got to be taught in kindergarten. That's when kids should first get the idea that the most important thing in your life is your health and your body.

If you have a body, you are an athlete!

Laurence Olivier said if you have ambition to be a serious classical actor, you must be as fit as an athlete. For me, the breakthrough was going to live in California. I exercised. I drank less. It was one of the things about California that had a positive impact on me.

Exercise is your king, and nutrition is your queen. Together they create your fitness kingdom.