6 Quotes by John Ratey

Exercise is really for the brain, not the body. It affects mood, vitality, alertness, and feelings of well-being.

Exercise is the single best thing you can do for your brain in terms of mood, memory, and learning.

If you had half an hour of exercise this morning, you’re in the right frame of mind to sit still and focus on this paragraph, and your brain is far more equipped to remember it.

Even 10 minutes of activity changes your brain.

It turns out that moving our muscles produces proteins that travel through the bloodstream and into the brain, where they play pivotal roles in the mechanisms of our highest thought processes.

We can know ourselves only because we can remember.