“One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now.”

“I look forward to growing old and wise and audacious.”

“I’ve always said that I will never let an old person into my body. That is, I don’t believe in ‘thinking’ old. Don’t program yourself to breakdown as you age with thoughts that decline is inevitable.”

 “If you can’t fly, run. If you can’t run, walk. If you can’t walk, crawl, but by all means, keep moving.”

“Oh my God, what if you wake up some day, and you’re 65, or 75, and you never got your memoir or novel written, or you didn’t go swimming in those warm pools and oceans all those years because your thighs were jiggly and you had a nice big comfortable…

‎”You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.”