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Quotes About Health

Anybody can be a runner. We were meant to move. We were meant to run. It's the easiest sport.
~ Bill Rodgers
Every man is the builder of a temple called his body.
~ Henry David Thoreau
The strongest thing I put into my body is steak and eggs. I just eat. I'm not a supplement guy. Steroids are not even a thought.
~ Jim Thome
My motto is, you have to get in a sport a day.
~ Paul Walker
I don't have a strict diet. It's all about cramming in as many calories into my system as I possibly can. To be honest with you, I have a tough time keeping weight on.
~ Michael Phelps
Eating wheat, like ice climbing, mountain boarding, and bungee jumping, is an extreme sport. It is the only common food that carries its own long-term mortality rate.
~ William Davis
Steroids are used in all sports.
~ Dorian Yates
Cocaine is totally different than steroids.
~ Lawrence Taylor
I could have played football for two or three more years. All I needed was a leg transplant.
~ Johnny Unitas
Let the smokers and the gluttons die... and leave the living to us who know how to use it.
~ Percy Cerutty
It used to be standard practice that the pre-match meal consisted of egg, steak and chicken. But I talked them into changing to complex carbohydrates. So now they will sup on porridge, pasta or rice.
~ Craig Johnston
Not really, and actually my cholesterol was 190 when I had the heart attack. 190, which isn't that high. I took it down to about 130 and it's probably about 140 or 145 now.
~ Mike Ditka
I've never seen anyone go on the DL with pulled fat.
~ Rod Beck
Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
~ Sugar Ray Leonard
A country can truly call itself sporting when the majority of its people feel a personal need for sport.
~ Pierre de Coubertin
And if you have high cholesterol, you would feel the same as if you had low cholesterol because there are no side effects, no symptoms of having high cholesterol.
~ Mark Spitz
Attitude is the whole thing in football. Every team has the talent and the coaching. Motivation makes the difference. The teams that win stay healthy and interested.
~ Sid Gillman
I have a chef who makes sure that I'm getting the right amounts of carbs, proteins and fats throughout the day to keep me at my max performance level.
~ Barry Bonds
Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100 per cent sure it is wrong.
~ Rafael Nadal
My workout was playing other sports and I always played tennis, football, basketball, threw a baseball - I was always doing something to keep me active. That's how I kept my body going.
~ Jack Nicklaus
The only side effect of too much training is that you get into better shape. There is nothing wrong with that.
~ Mark Spitz
You need to enjoy yourself and just get into the routine of keeping fit and enjoying being active. That's always easier once you've made friends in the sport.
~ Alistair Brownlee
Sports are fundamental for growing in a healthy way: they represent fair competition, strength, and exercise, which enhance the body's healthy balance and strengthen the mind.
~ Giorgio Armani
I wanted to be a doctor in sports medicine; I was into sailing and all that sort of thing.
~ Christopher Atkins