“No one wakes up in the morning and says, ‘I want to gain 150 pounds and I will start right now!”

“The individual who says it is not possible should move out of the way of those doing it.”

“A finish line is never an end, it’s a marker that proves your dreams can become realities.”

“The only people with six packs are teenagers and drug addicts.”

“Only those who show up have a right to speak up.”

“We can see happiness as the output of an ancient biological feedback system that tracks our progress in pursuing auspicious signs of fitness in a natural environment. We are happier, in general, when we are healthy, comfortable, safe, provisioned, socially connected, sexual, and loved. The function of happiness is to goad us into seeking the keys to fitness.”

“A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.”

“Get comfortable with being uncomfortable!”