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" I have 40 pounds to lose. It is not the fault of the fast food people, and anyone who's trying to sue the fast food places needs a therapist, not an attorney. "

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" I put a spell on people so they don't know they're working out... An enchanting spell, where they just don't think about it, or over think it, and then at the end they go, 'Wow, I feel good.' "

" 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! "

" My persona has always been what a man was never supposed to be. Outrageous, gregarious, crazy, silly, funny. "

" 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. "

" You shouldn't make fun of people who have issues. "

" 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. "

" I'm not into any show that makes people compete when they lose weight. "

" I started my own class for people like me who can't find any place else to go. "

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

" 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. "

Richard Simmons

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" I've never lived in the visual world. I live very much in an emotional-contact world. "

" 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. "

" Everyone in this world is somehow connected. So why not just be nice to everybody. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I have loved deeply. I have lost intensely. I will never love again. I get that love by people who care for me. "

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" Most workouts are way too aggressive. Thousands of lunges wear out the body. "

" There are sacrifices you have to make. I don't have a lot to offer one person. I have a lot to offer to a lot of people. "

" 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. "

" People treat me like family, 'cause I've always treated them like family. "

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" My way is the sensitive, emotional way, because that's who I am. I try to be the clown and court jester and make people laugh. At the same time, you have people in the hospital who have had gastric bypass or lap-band surgery, and they still have to work out. If you don't work out and eat healthy, you'll look like a melted candle. "

" A kid who moves is a kid who learns. "

" When I lost my weight, I went and bought about 15 different types of underwear to see what would look good on my new body. It's exciting! "

" I suffered from eating disorders when I was just a kid. I did not like me or the way I looked. But back then, you could not tell anyone. "

" One day I may be meeting you and hearing how you've changed your life by saying, 'Farewell to Fat'. "

" Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better. I used to have eating disorders; I'd binge and purge all the time: fried oysters, po' boys, muffulettas, beignets, coffee and doughnuts. I tried to medicate myself with food when people made fun of me or hit me with a bat in school. I'd always turn to food. "

" I have been up to my head just with calling people, I call about 50 to 100 people a day. "

" Well mine is not gimmicky - it is the 6 food groups that God made, and exercising every day. Trying to think positively. "