Quotes About Longevity

This enzyme, called telomerase, slows the rate at which telomeres degrade, and research indicates that healthy people with longer telomeres have less risk of developing the common illnesses of aging - like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, which are three big killers today.

The key to excellent health and longevity is to eat a high ratio of micronutrients to macronutrients.

Hey, you can't play football forever unless you're Brett Favre or Ray Lewis.

My mother, Maxine, was married at 16 to my father Raymond, and in 56 years together, he was the only man she ever had.

I would rather have a career where I improve year after year than go to the top and then decline. There are a lot of strikers that reached the top before 25, but after 25, they went down.

Every time the ATP or WTA speak about changing something, you see the reaction. So I think they're doing a good job because those people are still watching tennis 40 years later and they are still fans so I'm not sure they should change because I don't know how the fans would feel.

I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps.

In terms of characters I wish I had created - just because I haven't dealt with anything like them - I'm really impressed by characters who can endure over time, whether that be a long series run like a Harry Bosch, or a character who endures over generations and continues to please readers: Sherlock Holmes.

Only 20 percent of our longevity is genetically determined. The rest is what we do, how we live our lives and increasingly the molecules that we take. It's not the loss of our DNA that causes aging, it's the problems in reading the information, the epigenetic noise.

I grew up at Real Madrid and played there a long time.

I want to stay at Real Madrid for a long time.

I spent 17 years at Real Madrid and nobody can doubt that I'm a 'madridista.'

We actually went public partly because we wanted companies to realise we were not going away.

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

We have all the money in the world but do not realise how important the body is. A player on average has a seven year professional career, 10-15 if everything goes right. You have to do everything possible to be at your maximum.

I hadn't realised what an institution 'Doctor Who' is.

I am excited by and impressed with Anthony Joshua, but Anthony has a long way to go. At first, I thought Anthony was similar to a Frank Bruno figure, but after a few fights, I realised he's nothing like Frank Bruno. He's very athletic.

When you're young, try to be realistic; as you get older, become idealistic. You'll live longer.

After more than 50 years of broadcasting on 'CBS News' and '60 Minutes,' I have decided to retire. It's been a wonderful run, but the time has come to say goodbye to all of my friends at CBS and the dozens of people who kept me on the air.

I never looked at my parents' marriage or really anyone who had been married more than 30 years and thought, 'I gotta get me some of that!'

Really hard laughs, they've gotta make you live longer or something.

My plan is to govern as long as I can.

I have only a couple friends, but I've known them since, like, you know, fourth grade or something. I've never changed anything about my little group of friends. I think if you're just smart, and you have the friends who care about you most, that's really all that matters.

My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.