Kenneth H. Cooper Quotes

I think investments in general related to the exercise industry are going to be good for a long time.

I used to think that it didn't make any difference how far you ran if you had a good, strong musculoskeletal system and no underlying cardiovascular problems.

I have not missed a day from work because of illness since 1956.

Aerobic dancing is already adjusting to injury problems and will probably phase out to some extent.

Over the years, I've covered 22,000 miles.

It's easier and more cost effective to maintain good health, than to regain it once it's lost.

If you look at body fat, it seems to increase with age, even though your weight does not. That's a physiological fact of aging, they say. Heck it is. It is an adaptive effect of aging.

We are involved in youth testing internationally. We want to try to prove without a shadow of a doubt the relationship between physical fitness and health, not just physical fitness and ability to perform.

After 26 years, I am still practicing what I preach.

According to the Gallup Poll, 24 percent of American adults exercised regularly in 1961, and 50 percent after 1968. The peak was 59 percent in 1984, dropping off to 51 percent last September.

You have to run 75 to 100 miles a week if you expect to break the four-minute mile.

Far too many times over the next 12 to 15 years, it was brought to my attention that people who followed my exercise guidelines exactly but ignored their diet, their weight and their cigarette smoking had heart attacks at age 55.

Now I say that if you run more than 15 miles a week, it's for something other than aerobic fitness. Once you pass 15 miles, you do not see much further improvement.

[Walking's] overwhelming advantage is that it can be done by anyone, anytime, anywhere-and it doesn't even look like exercise.

Since then, I have not missed five consecutive days in getting some type of aerobic exercise, mostly jogging.

Exercise can't counteract the damage being done to your body while you continue to smoke. What exercise can do is help you kick the habit.