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" A kid who moves is a kid who learns. "
Richard Simmons
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Kid
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" How do you get motivated? By knowing your worth. Americans do not know how worthy they are. You deserve to be healthy, but a lot of times, people have, as childs been told - as a children been told that they're no good, that they're never going to be anything else. "
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" When you gather up all the balls of life that you try to juggle, it is a very difficult thing to try to focus in on taking good care of yourself. But that's why God invented me - so I can come and teach and preach and make people laugh and give them some education so they can start liking themselves better. "
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" I show them the funny part, the silly part, the laughing part, the crazy part and then the really deep, deep part where I'm talking from my heart to these people. Because I've been through everything they've been through. "
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" I consider myself a court jester - motivator. "
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" Comedy, not screaming at someone, can make someone lift their legs higher. There is a way to do a push-up and a sit-up, and it doesn't have to be so complicated. Everyone is putting a difficult twist to it and making you do way too much. "
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" You are one of a kind and unique. Never forget that. "
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" Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There's no one in the world like you. You are amazing. "
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Amazing
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" People have been frying foods since Jesus was on this planet, and there is always going to be greasy, fried, salty, sugary food. It is up to the individual to walk in and say, 'I don't want those fries today.' "
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" Work hard, take care of yourself, and you'll be just fine. "
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" Everyone in this world is somehow connected. So why not just be nice to everybody. "
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" I think it is very important that you like yourself for who you are and not want to look like anyone else. You also have to understand, many people have had cosmetic surgeries in order to look the way they look. So why look like them when you can just look like you? And there is nothing wrong with looking like you. "
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" I used to think that if someone gained their weight back, it was my fault, but all I can do is be God's motivator and try to instill the motivation in others so they do it themselves. "
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Try
Think
Motivation
" I started my own class for people like me who can't find any place else to go. "
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My Own
Place
People
" I get an abundance of e-mail every day, some say 'dear Richard, can you call my husband, he weighs 400 pounds...' or 'my 14-year-old is 200 pounds...' or 'I just got divorced, no one wants me, I am 500 pounds.' So I pick up the phone and I call people. "
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" But if you pick up every other magazine, it is the peanut butter diet, or the cabbage soup diet, and then you go to the radio and you hear that you can drink some solution and you will lose weight overnight. It just does not work that way! "
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Work
" I don't know about you, but every time some joker points me out as I walk through an airport wearing extra-small Dolfin shorts, a tank top and leg warmers, I get a little upset. "
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Walk
Me
Know
" If your oxygen mask drops down, it's time to take a breather! "
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Mask
Time
" My father offered me a dollar for every pound I would lose as a kid. It didn't work. And it doesn't really work in the long run. Who are you competing against? It's you. You need to be doing this for you and only you. "
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You
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Me
" Right now many schools have no recess. Most schools have no PE. "
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" We're all in trouble, and we all need to sort of pick up the pieces and start to exercise more and really be careful with the food. "
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" My nickname is Dickie Jukebox. I own thousands and thousands and thousands of songs. "
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" 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. "
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" We overweight people, we say terrible things to ourselves. Oh, you wouldn't believe it. 'You fat pig. How can you do this? You're a disgusting jerk.' And that gets you nowhere. That gets you right back into a bowl of pasta fregula. "
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Fat
" 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. "
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" Sometimes it's just 'Oh my God, I love the taste of fried oysters on French bread with mayonnaise and an order of French fries.' I'm not going to lie to you - I deal with that temptation every single day, many times. "
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You
" 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. "
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" Even though my work is whimsical. I have a very serious job. I cry more than I laugh. "
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" Ninety percent of people who lose weight gain it back. It's very sad. "
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" I don't talk about my personal life, and I don't talk about death. "
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