Quotes from Jack LaLanne

So many older people, they just sit around all day long and they don't get any exercise. Their muscles atrophy, and they lose their strength, their energy and vitality by inactivity.

I don't think about wealth. I get one thing in my mind, "How can I help people...come on humans...do something, you know. Let's wake up. Man alive...you're half dead. Let's do some living".

If man makes it, I don't eat it!

My goal has always been to help people help themselves. Your body is your most priceless possession; you've go to take care of it!

Develop a positive attitude. Think and picture how amazing you are going to be. Visualize it!

Better to wear out than rust out.

Forget about what you used to do. Don't make those same mistakes again. Everybody says, "Oh the good old days" - the good old days are right this second! This moment controls the next moment.

You've got to exercise. Your health account, your bank account, they're the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take out.

When it comes to health, diet is the Queen, but exercise is the King.

You need to make good health a hobby.

The only way you get that fat off is to eat less and exercise more.

You see, you don't get old from age, you get old from inactivity, from not believing in something.

What you need to do is get that tape measure out, and start measuring that gut. Then you start working out and you start eating properly till that gut gets down close to it was when you were in your 20's. Then you'll find out what your weight should be.

Virtually everything we do in life is a matter of habit. Habits make us who we are. Why not change your habits to better your life?

I have spoken to a whole group of millionaires, head executives at Microsoft. Boy did I chew those guys out.

They thought that athletes that worked out with my system wouldn't be able to throw a ball because they'd be too muscle bound. Those are the misconceptions I had to go through for about 40 years.

Be an example of what you teach. [As a personal trainer], delve into your student's life, know everything about him. Be interested.

Anything in life is possible, if you make it happen.

My workout is my obligation to life. It's my tranquilizer. It's part of the way I tell the truth--and telling the truth is what's kept me going all these years.

Life is great when your in shape!

I only eat fish - no chicken, no turkey, just fish. I get all my protein from fish and egg whites.

Focus on your problem zones, your strength, your energy, your flexibility and all the rest.

Please help my arthritis. Please help me bring up my strength, make me young again.

It's a lifestyle, it's something you do the rest of your life," LaLanne said. "How long are you going to keep breathing? How long do you keep eating? You just do it.