Maeve Binchy Quotes

I am pretty sedentary and I spend most of my time sitting on my bum reading things on the internet! It will do me good to have to exercise a little bit more.

I have never taken any exercise, except sleeping and resting, and I never intend to take any.

So many older people, they just sit around all day long and they don't get any exercise. Their muscles atrophy, and they lose their strength, their energy and vitality by inactivity.

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 like to exercise. I always walk an hour a day, I swim 250 days a year and I do balancing exercises which take me an hour.

I don't want to look old in my advanced years so I go on a power walk for half an hour every day, and it helps to keep the pounds off.

I swear on my mum's life, I've never done a day's exercise.

Exercise? A Jew doesn't exercise.

I'm an athlete, so I can get up one day and run and it wouldn't bother me. I don't get the time because I work for long hours every day. Being constantly on the move itself helps me stay fit. I don't go to a gym. I use the stairs, not the lift. I'm not into fitness, but I feel I should start, as it's healthy.

The only exercise I take is walking behind the coffins of friends who took exercise.

By exercise. I'll tell you one thing, you don't always have to be on the go. I sit around a lot, I read a lot, and I do watch television. But I also work out for two hours every day of my life, even when I'm on the road.

Exercise is not enough. Working out three times a week is not enough. Being active throughout the day is what keeps you healthy.

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.

I spend a little time every day to play sports.

I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain.

I'm a very rigorous person. I like to take exercise. People get mired in old age, they get bent and twisted, but I can stop that.

I like to stay fit by being generally active.

I do yoga almost daily. I try to fit in swimming and cycling when I can.

I began running on an everyday basis after I became a writer. As being a writer requires sitting at a desk for hours a day, without getting some exercise you'd quickly get out of shape and gain weight, I figured.

I exercise at least five times a week with stretching, Pilates, push-ups, planks, sit- ups, squats and light weights.

I never get bored of a workout, because I feel great after a session.

I'm too lazy and I like food and I like my free time too much to spend it working out!

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.

I started daily training at the age of 14. When I was 16 years old, I was running twice a day.

I try to swim for 30 minutes and walk for 30 minutes, because if I don't, my finely honed body will slip into its old ways.