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You've got to work at living-99 and 9/10 of Americans work at dying!
Jack LaLanne
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Jack LaLanne
Age: 96 †
Born: 1914
Born: September 26
Died: 2011
Died: January 23
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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.
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Sitting around on your big fat gluteus maximus talking about the good old days. The good old days are right this second. You've got to exercise VIG-OR-OUSLY! Life is tough. Life is a challenge. Life is a battlefield... . Life is an athletic event, and you must train for it.
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I see a sea of millions of people going down with their own negative thoughts, going down for the third time in this big sea of iniquity and negativity.
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Better to wear out than rust out.
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My wife is my protector. Without her, I'm nothing. She wants to please me, and I want to please her. We've been together over 53 years.
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Maybe 50 or 60 percent of all divorces are predicated on someone's being physically unfit. Who wants to live with negativism? Love goes out the window.
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Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Together, you’ve got a kingdom. If you have a Corvette, you don’t put water in the tank. The human machine deserves the same treatment.
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I never think of my age, never. I could be 20 or 100. I never think about it, I'm just me.
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I have spoken to a whole group of millionaires, head executives at Microsoft. Boy did I chew those guys out.
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Physical fitness takes commitment to exercise just as it requires good nutrition. But it doesn't have to be painful. Just the opposite: Vigorous exercise actually is stimulating. It boosts your energy levels, invigorates your mind, and just feels good afterward. The hardest part, of course, is getting started.
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Do you know how many calories are in butter and cheese and ice cream? Would you get your dog up in the morning for a cup of coffee and a donut?
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The only way you can hurt your body is if you don't use it
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If you lose a couple of inches off your stomach, your business down there will look a lot longer.
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I have one thing in my mind. How can I get people to start taking care of themselves? That's all I think about.
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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!
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Your age is the sum total of your physical condition, the condition of your mind, and how you feel.
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By exercise. I'll tell you one thing, you don't always have to be on the go. I sit around a lot, I read a lot, and I do watch television. But I also work out for two hours every day of my life, even when I'm on the road.
Jack LaLanne
Be an example of what you teach. [As a personal trainer], delve into your student's life, know everything about him. Be interested.
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Never get satisfied. The minute you stop trying, you go downhill.
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People thought I was a charlatan and a nut. The doctors were against me -- they said that working out with weights would give people heart attacks and they would lose their sex drive.
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