Fitness Quotes
“Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.”
-- Fred Perry
“Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.”
-- Lord Chesterfield
“I concentrate on exercises from the waist down, since that is the laziest part of a woman's body.”
-- Tina Louise
“We wanted Nike to be the world's best sports and fitness company. Once you say that, you have a focus. You don't end up making wing tips or sponsoring the next Rolling Stones world tour.”
-- Philip Knight
“Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.”
-- George A. Sheehan
“I believe it's extremely important to include some other type of fitness activity in your training, so cross training will help you to avoid injury when you are dancing.”
-- Laurieann Gibson
“So I've broadened the fitness concept to make it one of moderation and balance.”
-- Kenneth H. Cooper
“Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity.”
-- John F. Kennedy
“The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.”
-- Andre Maurois
“I do a one-hour workout called Drenched, a cardio-boxing fitness routine, Monday through Friday. There are usually between twenty-five and fifty people there - everyone from stay-at-home moms and professional martial artists to teenagers and seniors. They play great dance music. When I can, I take two classes back-to-back.”
-- Carrie Ann Inaba
“With both kids, I started working out again at 16 days postpartum, but I treated myself with kindness, doing mild workouts, because my fitness level was lower.”
-- Gabrielle Reece
“Teaching kids about health and fitness is important to me. It's about being fit for life.”
-- Jackie Joyner-Kersee
“We talk a lot on 'Biggest Loser' about how fitness is a natural antidepressant, how it burns off stress. What I like about running is that it gives me time alone. I'm always busy, with people at work, with my kids. I love getting out for a run by myself and just listening to my music.”
-- Alison Sweeney