"I was the worst, most sickly kid of all – 30 pounds underweight. The girls used to beat me up. Actually I was a mean …"

"That's what I wanted! I wanted to be an athlete, I wanted the girls to like me, and I wanted to be able to get good g…"

"I was a whole new human being, he said of this transformation. I liked people, they liked me. It was like an exorcism…"

"When I first started out, I was considered a crackpot, [he said]. The doctors used to say, 'Don't go to that Jack LaL…"

"People thought I was a charlatan and a nut, [he remembered]. The doctors were against me — they said that working out…"

"My show was so personal, I made it feel like you and I were the only ones there. And I’d say: Boys and girls, come he…"

"There is no fountain for youth. What you put in your body is what you get out of it. You would not feed your dog a co…"

"God gives us the power to act for ourselves, but let me tell you something. At five in the morning I have never heard…"

"Well it is. It is a religion with me. It's a way of life. A religion is a way of life, isn't it?"

"At age 70 the guy towed 70 boats carrying 70 people across the Long Beach harbor, with both arms and feet shackled."