I used to use this as my email sig:
If I knew I was going to live this long,
I would have taken better care of myself.
I did the smartest thing by quitting my well paying and secure job at age 57 and retired! I had fainting spells at work with rapid heart beat and used to get panic attacks after entering a closed shopping mall where air was not fresh.
To kill time, I joined Orchard Hills golf and country club for $5000 initiation fee and $250/month dues for unlimited golf privileges. Began walking 3 then 4 then 5 rounds of 18 every week. My health made a 180 degree turn around. Gone were the fainting spells, no more panic attacks, blood pressure got down closer to normal range and energy levels sky rocketed.
No longer playing golf in hot and muggy Florida, but religiously do treadmill at 24 min/mile pace with 3 deg up-slope, 4 times every week for 30 minutes each. Feeling really great, no aches, no pills! Age 100 is looking attainable...just can’t give up the treadmill routine. Medicare must be happy, I have zero medical bills!
If I knew I was going to live this long,
I would have taken better care of myself.
I think Mickey Mantle actually said this back in the 60s or 70s. His father, Mutt, died very young and Mick truly expected to do likewise. I think it was reported in Jim Bouton Ball Four.