“That which is used – develops. That which is not used wastes away.”

Whoever wishes to investigate medicine should proceed thus: In the first place, consider the seasons of the year and what effect each of them produces.

Prayer indeed is good, but while calling on the gods a man should himself lend a hand.

Sport is a preserver of health.

About medications that are drunk or applied to wounds it is worth learning from everyone; for people do not discover these by reasoning but by chance, and experts not more than laymen.

He who wishes to be a surgeon should go to war.

Things that are holy are revealed only to men who are holy.

The natural force within each of us is that greatest healer of all.

In all abundance there is lack.

I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients, and abstain from whatever is deleterious and mischievous.

Men think epilepsy divine, merely because they do not understand it. We will one day understand what causes it, and then cease to call it divine. And so it is with everything in the universe.

To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.

When in sickness, look to the spine first.

Science is the father of knowledge, but opinion breeds ignorance.

Our food should be our medicine and our medicine should be our food.

It is better to be full of drink than full of food.

All parts of the body which have a function, if used in moderation and exercised in labors in which each is accustomed, become thereby healthy, well developed and age more slowly, but if unused they become liable to disease, defective in growth and age quickly.

We now use the word ‘nature’ very much as our fathers used the word ‘God.’

I love my Force Fins, which are the kind of fins Special Forces use and really are adapted from the fins of fish. They’re very efficient.

Wit is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not how to use it discreetly.

As a coach, one thing that used to frustrate me was one player would make a bad decision, and that’s all you would read about in the papers all over the country.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren’t in a very good mood.

I used to pray that God would make me a great athlete, and He never did.

In waking a tiger, use a long stick.

I used to teach dance lessons.