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What fits your busy schedule better, exercising one hour a day or being dead 24 hours a day? Randy Glasbergen, Cartoonist Those who think they have not time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness. Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby (1826-93), British statesman. The Conduct of Life, address at Liverpool College, 20 Dec 1873. Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age. Cicero (106 BC-43 BC) Roman orator and statesman. An Old Age, X. Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don't need it: if you are sick you shouldn't take it. Henry Ford (1863-1947), US industrialist. Attrib. Whenever I feel like exercise, I lie down until the feeling passes. Robert M Hutchins (1899-1977), US educator. Attrib. One swears by wholemeal bread, one by sour milk; vegetarianism is the only road to salvation of some, other insist not only on vegetables alone, but on eating those raw. At one time the only thing that matters is calories; at another time they are crazy about vitamins or about roughage. The scientific truth may be put quite briefly; eat moderately, having an ordinary mixed diet, and don't worry. Robert Hutchison (1877-1960), Newcastle Medical Journal, Vol 12, 1932. Fat people who want to reduce should take their exercise on an empty stomach and sit down to their food out of breath.... Thin people who want to get fat should do exactly the opposite and never take exercise on an empty stomach. Hippocrates (c 460 BC-c. 377. BC), Greek physician. A Regimen for Health, IV. No human ever filled a vessel worse than the stomach. Sufficient for any son of Aadam are some morsels to keep his back straight. But if it must be, then one third for his food, one third for his drink and one third for his breath.” Islamic teachings: Ahmad, At-Tirmidhee, An-Nasaa'ee, Ibn Maajah - hadeeth saheeh Patients should have rest, food, fresh air, and exercise - the quadrangle of health. William Osler (1849-1919), Canadian physician. Sir William Osler: Aphorism, Ch. 3 (William B. Bean). We do not stop exercising because we grow old - we grow old because we stop exercising. Dr. Kenneth Cooper, Cooper Institute. The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare. Juma Ikangaa, Tanzanian marathoner Learn one way; react. Learn many ways; understand. Tadeu Dias, Former Professional Brazilian Football Player and Professional US Soccer Coach Eighty percent of success is showing up. Woody Allen Don't get so stuck in your ways that you can't change. Sam Walton Outsiders have the intuitive ability to continually view problems in fresh ways and to identify ineffective practices and traditions. John Kotter, Harvard Business School professor and best selling author Even when experts all agree, they may be mistaken. Bertrand Russell All truths are initially either ridiculed or violently opposed. Schopenhauer (philosopher) Science can only prove something; it can never disprove anything. Anonymous Authors Use your head, and save your feet. W Carr (Dialect of Craven) In spite of all the cost of living, its still popular. Kathleen Norris The health of nations is more important than the wealth of nations. Will Durant Genes load the gun, but environment pulls the trigger. Dr David Herber (Director, UCLA Center for Human Nutrition) Food is an important part of a balanced diet Fran Lebowitz When the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to view everything as a nail. Abraham Maslow All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Arthur Schopenhauer Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care. Theodore Roosevelt

Bruce Lee: Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do. The less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be. Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind. Albert Einstein: If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. Nothing happens until something moves Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age 18. The greatest ideas are often met with violent opposition from mediocre minds. Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother. There is nothing that is more certain sign of insanity than to do the same thing over and over and expect the results to be different. General Colin Powell: Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites can become so inbred that they produce hemophiliacs who bleed to death as soon as they are nicked by the real world. Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard. Learn from the pros, observe them, seek them out as mentors and partners. But remember that even the pros may have leveled out in terms of their learning and skills. Sometimes even the pros can become complacent and lazy. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help them or concluded that you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. John F Kennedy (1917-63), 35th President of USA The Greeks understood that mind and body must develop in harmounious proportions to produce a creative intelligence. And so did the most brilliant intelligence of our earliest days - Thomas Jefferson - when he said, not less than two hours a day should be devoted to exercise. If the man who wrote the Decleration of Independence, was Secretary of State, and twice President, could give it two hours, our children can give it ten or fifteen minutes. (Address to the National Football Foundations, 5 Dec 1961) Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity. Unknown Authors Ask advice, but use your own common sense. A coach can only inspire their athletes, motivation comes from within. Attitude reflects leadership. Obviously you can't change your genes, but you can give them a damn good run for their money. Exercise is a journey, not a destination.