“ When I go to bed at night, I ask God to give me another day I ask him to keep me strong and make me a good teacher and to keep spreading this right word. ”

“ No one is perfect... absolutely no one. Like precious stones, we have a few flaws, but why focus on that? Focus on what you like about yourself, and that will bring you happiness and peace. ”

“ The real pride, the real present, is your health and your longevity. My whole career, I have never done anything where competition was involved with weight loss. ”

“ Our children are obese, either have or being threatened by diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and not socially adjusting properly to others because of a lack of fitness. ”

“ I have rules about eating, exercising and rules about staying positive. And these rules are sacred to me. ”

“ Every morning when I get up, I ask God what he wants me to do, ask him to lead me to the right people to help them. ”

“ When you're feeling down, sad, lonely, negative, you don't want to take care of yourself - and the weight problem and the diabetic problem and the heart attack and stroke problems and high cholesterol set in. ”

“ Ninety percent of people who lose weight gain it back. It's very sad. ”

“ I could be hit by a Sara Lee truck tomorrow. Which is not a bad way of going: 'Richard Simmons Found in a Freeway in Pound Cake and Fudge, With a Smile on His Face.' Let's face it. We don't know anything. ”

“ Truthfully, everyone knows how to eat right. They know the difference between oatmeal and a jelly cream doughnut. They know how to walk. Everyone has this in their brain. When I started, we didn't have all this knowledge. ”