I have always liked running, so it wasn’t particularly difficult to make it a habit. All you need is a pair of running shoes and you can do it anywhere. It does not require anybody to do it with, and so I found the sport perfectly fits me as a person who tends to be independent and individualistic.

It takes me about two hours to run into Target. People always want a picture. They hem and haw, and they can’t spit the words out, so they waste about five minutes of my time just standing there getting ready for a picture. Just do it!

Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don’t need it: if you are sick you should not take it.

God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.

Hermits have no peer pressure.

There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly.

I’m much healthier now.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

I’m a writer, not a professional runner. It’s fun and it helps me write. I need powerful concentration.

Temptation is just the feeling that you’re the most independent person on planet Earth. That you know everything. That’s something that we all go through as a kid. Now, this lifestyle that I’m in, the same thing exists! But it’s 10 times worse, because everything is at my disposal. When you’re in the limelight, you can get anything you want.

A woman can’t be alone. She needs a man. A man and a woman support and strengthen each other. She just can’t do it by herself.

Nothing burns more calories than dancing in 5-inch heels… try it!

I never smoke to excess – that is, I smoke in moderation, only one cigar at a time.

I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works.

You’re in pretty good shape for the shape you are in.

I have now exactly the same weight I had when I was 18, 20.

What did I owe the rest of the world? Nothing.

I decided to pursue music, so I dropped out of school and I told my parents I didn’t want any money from them. I got three jobs and I just hit the ground running.

If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.

Running taught me valuable lessons. In cross-country competition, training counted more than intrinsic ability, and I could compensate for a lack of natural aptitude with diligence and discipline. I applied this in everything I did.

Start your diet during a period of optimism and happiness.

The reason I became 297 pounds is because that was comfortable. What was very uncomfortable was running. What was very uncomfortable was being on a diet. What was very uncomfortable was trying to face things that I didn’t want to face. And I also realized, when I was really big, I had no growth. Why? Because I was living comfortable.

I am not someone who does a lot of exercise, so I attempt to maintain some sort of rhythm, and I think the jump rope is the funnest way. It’s easy, you can do it in your room or anywhere.

All of us are in the same place, each with our own rooms, and we were allowed to do whatever we wanted. Which is totally different than college, where they manage your schedule for you. In the NBA, you’re on your own.

It’s crazy how fast you get out of shape if you miss a couple days of action.

Cycling is a joy and faster than many other modes of transport, depending on the time of day. It clears the head.

I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.

Initiative is doing the right things without being told.

I get up early in the morning, 4 o’clock, and I sit at my desk and what I do is just dream. After three or four hours, that’s enough. In the afternoon, I run.

Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.

I like playing basketball and going to the gym. I don’t box, but I’ll ride my bike and go jogging or running in the park. Sometimes my lady and I go hiking.

A fit body gives you confidence. And there’s nothing more impressive than a great attitude, which you can wear on your sleeve. But you’ll have to remember the difference between being rude and being confident.

I’m very much a creature of habit.

I still work out on a daily basis.

No body can be healthful without exercise, neither natural body nor politic, and certainly, to a kingdom or estate, a just and honourable war is the true exercise.

Just do some kind of workout. Doesn’t matter if it’s going for a walk around the block, going for a jog, doing some calisthenics, lifting weights, going to a pool and swimming – you name it. But do something that gets your blood flowing and gets your mind in the game.

What someone else does or doesn’t do has no effect on me and what I do.

I’ve run the Boston Marathon 6 times before. I think the best aspects of the marathon are the beautiful changes of the scenery along the route and the warmth of the people’s support. I feel happier every time I enter this marathon.

People who truly understand what is meant by self-reliance know they must live their lives by ethics rather than rules.

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

For me, it’s about becoming a mogul, owning my own projects, and establishing myself as a funding producer. That’s what’s big to me. The movies and all that stuff are great, but the fact that I’m in a position to do what I want to do, however I want to do it and when I want to do it is bigger.

If there is only one thing in my life that I am proud of, it’s that I’ve never been a kept woman.

Maybe ‚loner‘ is too strong a word, but I’ve always enjoyed being on my own.

Basically it starts with four months of training, just basic stretching, kicking and punching. Then you come to the choreography and getting ready to put the dance together.

When you’re a chef, you graze. You never get a chance to sit down and eat. They don’t actually sit down and eat before you cook. So when I finish work, the first thing I’ll do, and especially when I’m in New York, I’ll go for a run. And I’ll run 10 or 15k on my – and I run to gain my appetite.

Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants money, yet seldom will anyone budget or control their spending.

Facts, like people, want to be free – and when they’re free, liberty is usually around the corner.

I’d read up on the history of our country and I’d become fascinated with the story of the Alamo. To me it represented the fight for freedom, not just in America, but in all countries.

We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.

I’ve done everything every fat person ever has. I’ve tried every diet.

No, we don’t own our children. Our parental privilege is to love them, to lead them, and to let them go.

We are looking for happiness and running after it in such a way that creates anger, fear and discrimination. So when you attend a retreat, you have a chance to look at the deep roots of this pollution of the collective energy that is unwholesome.

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

I do not abuse players. I talk to myself; I abuse myself. It’s my way of letting off steam. I do it after every century; I do not do it always. I keep telling myself: ‚Improve, improve from the previous match, the previous shot. You can do it.‘

No one tells me what to do with my music. Real. My mom doesn’t tell what to say, how is someone else going to?

To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father.

Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?

Glutes are power.

You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You’re on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who’ll decide where to go.

I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.