Kenneth H. Cooper said this quote

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.

~ Kenneth H. Cooper

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.

~ Kenneth H. Cooper

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.

~ Kenneth H. Cooper

The reason I exercise is for the quality of life I enjoy.

~ Kenneth H. Cooper