I've been going to shopping malls since I was on General Hospital.

I've been going to shopping malls since I was on General Hospital.

One day I may be meeting you and hearing how you've changed your life by saying, 'Farewell to Fat'.

A kid who moves is a kid who learns.

But if you pick up every other magazine, it is the peanut butter diet, or the cabbage soup diet, and then you go to the radio and you hear that you can drink some solution and you will lose weight overnight. It just does not work that way!

Comedy, not screaming at someone, can make someone lift their legs higher. There is a way to do a push-up and a sit-up, and it doesn't have to be so complicated. Everyone is putting a difficult twist to it and making you do way too much.

Count your blessings. You are one of a kind. There's no one in the world like you. You are amazing.

Even though my work is whimsical. I have a very serious job. I cry more than I laugh.

Every morning when I get up, I ask God what he wants me to do, ask him to lead me to the right people to help them.

Everyone has a story that makes me stronger. I know that the work I do is important and I enjoy it, but it is nice to hear the feedback of what we do to inspire others.

Everyone in this world is somehow connected. So why not just be nice to everybody.

For my workout, I'm up at 4 A.M. I say my prayers, count my blessings, and I work out right away. I just get it done.

How do you get motivated? By knowing your worth. Americans do not know how worthy they are. You deserve to be healthy, but a lot of times, people have, as childs been told - as a children been told that they're no good, that they're never going to be anything else.

I consider myself a court jester - motivator.

I could be hit by a Sara Lee truck tomorrow. Which is not a bad way of going: 'Richard Simmons Found in a Freeway in Pound Cake and Fudge, With a Smile on His Face.' Let's face it. We don't know anything.

I do not want any child in America to have my childhood because it was taken away from me because I just wasn't good enough; well I am good enough now.

I don't have to teach anymore, I don't have to work anymore, God has been really good to me.

I don't know about you, but every time some joker points me out as I walk through an airport wearing extra-small Dolfin shorts, a tank top and leg warmers, I get a little upset.

I don't talk about my personal life, and I don't talk about death.

I get an abundance of e-mail every day, some say 'dear Richard, can you call my husband, he weighs 400 pounds...' or 'my 14-year-old is 200 pounds...' or 'I just got divorced, no one wants me, I am 500 pounds.' So I pick up the phone and I call people.

I get tired of negativity in our country. I get tired of people who only want to know dirt. I get tired of people who don't believe in themselves.

I have 40 pounds to lose. It is not the fault of the fast food people, and anyone who's trying to sue the fast food places needs a therapist, not an attorney.

I have been up to my head just with calling people, I call about 50 to 100 people a day.

I have loved deeply. I have lost intensely. I will never love again. I get that love by people who care for me.

I have rules about eating, exercising and rules about staying positive. And these rules are sacred to me.

I hope in my lifetime we can all continue to laugh at ourselves and not put down anyone for what they weigh.

I put a spell on people so they don't know they're working out... An enchanting spell, where they just don't think about it, or over think it, and then at the end they go, 'Wow, I feel good.'

I show them the funny part, the silly part, the laughing part, the crazy part and then the really deep, deep part where I'm talking from my heart to these people. Because I've been through everything they've been through.

I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise.

I start phone calls at 4 A.M. to cheer people up. The housebound, people in the hospital. People who, after decades, still can't get over what happened 10 or 15 years ago.

I started my own class for people like me who can't find any place else to go.

I suffered from eating disorders when I was just a kid. I did not like me or the way I looked. But back then, you could not tell anyone.

I think it is very important that you like yourself for who you are and not want to look like anyone else. You also have to understand, many people have had cosmetic surgeries in order to look the way they look. So why look like them when you can just look like you? And there is nothing wrong with looking like you.

I used to think that if someone gained their weight back, it was my fault, but all I can do is be God's motivator and try to instill the motivation in others so they do it themselves.

I'm a real paradox. Because I'm a very serious person, and I take my work very seriously. But I wrap it up in a court jester and a clown and make people laugh and make them feel good about themselves.

I'm not into any show that makes people compete when they lose weight.

I've always practiced this: Love yourself. Move your body. Watch your portions.

I've never lived in the visual world. I live very much in an emotional-contact world.

If your oxygen mask drops down, it's time to take a breather!

In high school, I could get beaten up all the time, or I could be something better. I became the court jester.

It's not nice to make fun of people with issues.

Miley Cyrus, like all of us, needs to be loved. We all come from complicated parents... I understand her, and I love her, and I think things will be different with her. But you know, in the music business, sometimes you have to shock a little.

Most workouts are way too aggressive. Thousands of lunges wear out the body.

My father offered me a dollar for every pound I would lose as a kid. It didn't work. And it doesn't really work in the long run. Who are you competing against? It's you. You need to be doing this for you and only you.

My nickname is Dickie Jukebox. I own thousands and thousands and thousands of songs.

My parents always told me to be myself. I was always funny and silly as a kid. And I would always make them laugh. And they always told me to dream big and follow those dreams.

My persona has always been what a man was never supposed to be. Outrageous, gregarious, crazy, silly, funny.

My way is the sensitive, emotional way, because that's who I am. I try to be the clown and court jester and make people laugh. At the same time, you have people in the hospital who have had gastric bypass or lap-band surgery, and they still have to work out. If you don't work out and eat healthy, you'll look like a melted candle.

Ninety percent of people who lose weight gain it back. It's very sad.