Steve Howey Quotes

This league is getting big. We have way more 300-pound guys than ever before. That's not to say all the people in athletics who have died are 300-pound guys. There are so many different reasons.

There's nothing wrong with ankles. But only if you're playing football in the park.

I think it's important to stretch as you get older, but I try to do basically all the things I did when I played, except I can't do them as well and as much.

I'm 300 pounds. If I fall on anybody, it's going to hurt.

Every action has a consequence. It may be good for strengthening. And I have no doubt that lifting a lot of weights can get you stronger. I just don't know if lifting stronger weights can keep you healthy, or it can keep you doing your job better, especially for a pro athlete.

I exercise in the gym about three times a week. I vary the workout every time, but I'll always do some type of circuit work with weights. It gets my heart rate up without putting too much stress on my knees, which for some reason seem to be older than the rest of my body.

My thing of not playing offensive tackle is the health issue. I don't want to be that big. That could end up not being good for your health.

When my knee feels good, I'm always going to feel I can do more.

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

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

There's nothing I'm doing to my body that a regular person is not doing to theirs outside of just running into somebody at full speed.

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.

The joint lubrication was not what it was when I was competing, and I decided that not having arthritis or rheumatism for the rest of my life was a lot more important to me than returning to the track.

If I could only do one exercise, it would be dead lifting. For cardio, I dance, I ride my bike, I run and I have kids. There is a... lot of cardio just from being a parent.

I have no problem with my hips - I can still do the things that I used to do. I can run, I'm just not the fastest person on the field anymore.

Our growing softness, our increasing lack of physical fitness, is a menace to our security.

Once in a while, when I'm out on the lawn, I'll jump around and do a couple of things. Here's a secret: The older you get, the more difficult it gets. The smallest little injury stays with you for so long. But that's how it goes, and it doesn't stop me. I'm always ready to do something that hurts a little!

I don't think I have the mileage on me to really complain of any injuries yet.

The only constant that I have in my life is that I start whatever I do with my Total Gym, because I believe it helps keep me from getting injured.

I think I'm in better shape now than I was 10 years ago, but it takes a bigger toll - I get back pain!

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.

Towards the end of my career, I had a lot of wear and tear, a lot of arthritis that was building up. Being 300 pounds for over 15 years was starting to take its toll. I was constantly on all sorts of anti-inflammatories and medicines to deal with the pain.

Any time you're dealing with an ankle, you've got to run, you've got to cut, you've got to do all those things. It makes it tough.

I don't like six-packs. If you get six-packs in a short time, it will cause health problems.

It's lucky I haven't been in a bad tackle. I could be prepared, but if my body gets wrenched in the wrong way, I can't help that.