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Richard Simmons Biography

Richard Simmons

Milton Teagle "Richard" Simmons (born July 12, 1948) is an American fitness instructor, actor, and comedian. He promotes weight-loss programs, prominently through his Sweatin' to the Oldies line of aerobics videos and is known for his eccentric, flamboyant, and energetic personality.

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People treat me like family, 'cause I've always treated them like family.

Causes, Family, Like, Like Family, People, Treat

Everything I did with my life I did so that I could give my parents everything they didn't have because of me.

Everything, Give, Giving, Life, Parent, Parents

You know, if your parents didn't have you, they'd be living in a nicer home, driving a Mercedes-Benz, with money in the bank and a boat. But noooooo. They had to have you! You've got to give back!

Back, Giving, Home, Nicer, Parent

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.

Disorders, Eating Disorder, Kids, Suffered, Tell, Way

For my workout, I'm up at 4am. I say my prayers, count my blessings, and I work out right away. I just get it done. One day I'll tone - chest, back and shoulders - and the next day it's biceps and triceps. I also do 45 minutes of cardio every day. I do that before I even leave the house.

Blessing, Chest, Done, Prayer, Workout

I really created my career out of my own compulsion. Because I knew if I owned an exercise studio and I had to teach my classes there, I wasn't going to gain my weight back.

Careers, Class, Created, Exercise, Gain, Owned

There is no magic milkshake or workout machine. I think the real machine is your body. I do love treadmills, ellipticals, stationary bikes, free weights.

Body, Love, Real, Thinking, Weights, Workout

I was born with a crippled leg. I wore a corrective shoes since I was three years old and I still wear them.

Born, Old, Shoes, Three, Wear, Years

If anyone's depressed for any reason, whether a relationship has fallen apart or they're having money problems, wearing feathered wings and a tutu takes you into a whole other world. A whole new woooooorld, a world of bright and shining stars!

Bright, Other Worlds, Problems, Stars, Wings, World

Singing is good for the soul. It's the first thing I do every morning, after my blessings and my grace. I put music on and I sing.

Blessing, Grace, Morning, Music, Singing, Thing

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

Dickie, Jukebox, Nicknames, Song, Songs, Thousands

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!

Doe, Hear, Magazines, Peanut Butter, Soup, Weight

Puberty for me was graduating from Thousand Island salad dressing to Caesar salads. It was like going from hot dogs and hamburgers to beef stroganoff, or from ice cream in a cone to creme brulee.

Cream, Dog, Ice, Ice Cream, Islands, Stroganoff

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.

Make, Paradox, People, Real, Serious Person, Wrap

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

Childhood, Eating, Exercise, Mayonnaise, Trying, Twist

A kid who moves is a kid who learns.

Kid, Kids, Learns, Moves, Moving

My life is just a never-ending work in progress.

Life, Life Is, Progress, Work, Work In Progress

I never say anything negative about anyone, because that won't get you anywhere.

Anywhere, Negative, Say, Say Anything

After I talk to so many people who are so unhappy about their weight and so depressed that they don't see any rainbows in their life, after I talk to about 30 of those, then I try to walk away and pet my dog, just do something that makes me happy.

Dog, Happy, People, Rainbow, See, Walk

People spend thousands in therapy digging and digging in the past. When you dig and dig, you find relics. Try to forgive yourself and get back on that ride.

Back, Dig, Forgiving, Past, People, Ride

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