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Jack LaLanne
18 quotes
“I was the worst, most sickly kid of all – 30 pounds underweight. The girls used to beat me up. Actually I was a mean kid, early on because I had no self-esteem.”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“That's what I wanted! I wanted to be an athlete, I wanted the girls to like me, and I wanted to be able to get good grades in school, and this man said I could do all that.”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was a whole new human being, he said of this transformation. I liked people, they liked me. It was like an exorcism, kicking the devil outta me!”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I first started out, I was considered a crackpot, [he said]. The doctors used to say, 'Don't go to that Jack LaLanne, you'll get hemorrhoids, you won't get an erection, you women will look like men, you athletes will get muscle-bound — this is what I had to go through.”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“People thought I was a charlatan and a nut, [he remembered]. The doctors were against me — they said that working out with weights would give people heart attacks and they would lose their sex drive.”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My show was so personal, I made it feel like you and I were the only ones there. And I’d say: Boys and girls, come here. Uncle Jack wants to tell you something. You go get Mother or Daddy, Grandmother, Grandfather, whoever is in the house. You go get them, and you make sure they exercise with me.”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no fountain for youth. What you put in your body is what you get out of it. You would not feed your dog a coffee and doughnut for breakfast followed by a cigarette you will kill the damn dog.”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“God gives us the power to act for ourselves, but let me tell you something. At five in the morning I have never heard this [he says mimicking a knock on the door]. Hello Jack, this is Jesus. I will work out today.”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Well it is. It is a religion with me. It's a way of life. A religion is a way of life, isn't it?”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The crusade is never off my mind — the exercise I do, the food I eat, the thought I think — all this and how I can help make my profession better-respected. To me, this one thing — physical culture and nutrition — is the salvation of America.”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I care more than — you cannot believe how much I care! I want to help somebody!”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Jesus, when he was on Earth, he was out there helping people, right? Why did he perform those miracles? To call attention to his profession. Why do you think I do these incredible feats? To call attention to my profession!”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Mr. LaLanne said he performed his exercises until he experienced “muscle fatigue,” lifting weights until it was impossible for him to continue. It produced results and, as he put it, “the ego in me” made the effort worthwhile.”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It tasted terrible, so I mixed it with prune juice and fruits. Nobody thought about it until then. We made the guy a millionaire.”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It would wreck my image.”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lalanne on why he may never die in Time Magazine (14 July 1980)
“I can’t die, [he most famously liked to say]. It would ruin my image.”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) said by 2011 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Anything in life is possible and YOU make it happen!”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) first seen 2009 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jack LaLanne: Live young forever, Robert Kennedy Publishing, Mississauga 2009, P. 15
“I hate to work out. [...] I’d rather take a beating. To leave a hot bed and a hot woman to go into a cold gym at five in the morning—that takes discipline. But I like the results. Results, results, results.”
Jack LaLanne (1914–2011) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fitness guru Jack LaLanne still buff and sharp at 90, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, Oct. 5, 2004.