“I can't eat whatever I want, definitely not. I'm always controlled because I do a lot of fitness and triathlons, not just Formula One, so I always make sure I eat the right things.”
Fitness is a conversation between your body and your willpower. These quotes cover the grind, the breakthroughs, the days you do not feel like showing up, and the satisfaction of proving to yourself that you can do hard things.
“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.”
“I can't eat whatever I want, definitely not. I'm always controlled because I do a lot of fitness and triathlons, not just Formula One, so I always make sure I eat the right things.”
“Take care of your body. It's the only place you have to live.”
“Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.”
“Teaching kids about health and fitness is important to me. It's about being fit for life.”
“I suffer panic attacks which has made me really conscious about my fitness and I have become addicted to jogging. It might sound odd but a lot of good has come out of it. My fans send letters saying they have taken up jogging because I do it.”
“Fitness is a luxury when you are busy!”
“Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning.”
“It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver.”
“Your body is the church where Nature asks to be reverenced.”
“I have been through various fitness regimes. I used to run about five miles a day and I did aerobics for a while.”
“There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it.”
“Swimming is normal for me. I'm relaxed. I'm comfortable, and I know my surroundings. It's my home.”
“What's wrong with extreme dieting and hard-core fitness plans is that they don't take into account the rest of your life.”
“At the start of his second term, one wonders less about Obama's fitness than his willingness: Why doesn't he do more to build and maintain the relationships required to govern in era of polarization?”
“My priority is to turn people - especially kids - on to sports and being active so they don't even have to think about it being good for their health. If people participate for the fun of it, and believe me - it is fun, then fitness programs will be much more successful.”