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" People assume that you need to run fast to get to optimum fitness, but the truth is endurance lifting makes you stronger and leaner. "

Greg Rutherford

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" Teaching kids about health and fitness is important to me. It's about being fit for life. "

Jackie Joyner-Kersee

" Oh, and once, when I was in the Marines, I got a perfect score on my physical fitness test. "

" I do yoga, I do Bikram and I run, and I eat really healthy. "

" I do a lot of biking. I need that mileage and the long-distance stuff because tennis demands it. My fitness trainer is always trying to convince me to do an Ironman. I can probably run the marathon, I can make the 112 miles on the bike, but I will never swim for 2.4 miles. I will die after 100 meters. "

" Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning. "

Thomas Jefferson

" My church has a health and fitness ministry to encourage our members to take care of spiritually and physically; how could I not? "

" The first time I see a jogger smiling, I'll consider it. "

" When I was first introduced to CrossFit, I found it to be the hardest workout that I'd ever done. It wiped the floor with me, and I fell in love with it immediately. The results that I have seen in my strength and physicality have been unparalleled to any other things I have ever done in my more than 20 years in the fitness business. "

" Over the years, I've had torrid luck with things going wrong. "

Greg Rutherford

" Bathrooms are, on a square foot basis, the most expensive room in the house to renovate. If you want to test your heart's fitness, try shopping for simple bathroom faucets. Add in the cost of the required valves, mixers and trims, and you may need reviving when you see the tally! "

" When I picked athletics, I knew I wanted to be an Olympic champion. "

Greg Rutherford

" Health and fitness is who I am. It's what I do. "

" One needs to be clear headed. I believe in all-round fitness. "

" Fitness will be a major factor in the first race and I think that will play into the hands of drivers who have been racing recently, rather than people like me who haven't raced properly for a decade. I'am not one of the favourites to start with. "

" Fitness is defined differently by everyone, but for me, the most important thing is being healthy. As tennis players, what we do is not the healthiest thing. We almost abuse our bodies. "

" I am quite a fitness freak. I may not have the time to sleep, but a workout is a must. I have even set up a small personal gym on the sets. "

" Personally, I need a high level of physical fitness in order to feel at ease. "

Jurgen Klinsmann

" The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active. "

" Hopefully, I can get multiple distances out there and re-establish myself as one of the best jumpers in the world. "

Greg Rutherford

" My wife and I work out together almost every day. It's just a great way to spend time together. We're going to run a marathon together later this year, and that's one more goal that we'll accomplish as husband and wife. "

" My team are incredible, and I have the most amazing parents and beautiful girlfriend in the world. "

Greg Rutherford

" Jumping isn't as important to my training as you might think; I'm only in the sandpit once a week. There's a high risk factor of injury doing it, so instead, I rely on my progress in the gym to judge how far I'll jump on the big day. "

Greg Rutherford

" Ultimately, you've got to answer your critics on the track, and I am very much hoping 8.41m is acceptable for people. "

Greg Rutherford

" Sport is not just about entertainment. It is equally about winning and losing, pooling and galvanising the energy of the youth, upgrading people's physical fitness and mental prowess. "

" For guys who are into fitness, I think it's important to wear slim-fit stuff that is pretty tight so they can show off the bodies they have been working hard to have. Women are going to appreciate that. "

" I'm healthy now. I probably wouldn't say I'm at my best fitness level and I haven't played that much lately, but I'm healthy and that's all that matters. "

" It will be good fun finding out what sport baby's good at; perhaps it will be something obscure. My parents were fantastic at taking me to training sessions and letting me try lots of different sports, so I want to do the same. "

Greg Rutherford

" Obviously, when you're doing fitness work at a club all week and every week, it's all about specific drills for what you need to do on the pitch. So I'd be doing a different drill to the centre-midfielders. It's all specifically tailored for me. For example, my drills are high speed. It's all about trying to break the line with a sharp sprint. "

" As a longtime practitioner of yoga and a person who's been involved in physical fitness my whole life, I can tell you, yoga helps you achieve altered states of consciousness. It is not just stretching. The only way you can say that it's stretching is if you haven't done it, or that you haven't done it rigorously for a long period of time. "

" I'm excited by going 85 mph, head-first, down an ice track. "

Greg Rutherford