Super-Agers: Life at 90 and Beyond

Age is just a number.

Everybody ages differently.

I'm not over the hill. I'm on top of a hill.

Well, I'd rather be over the hill than under the hill.

CHARLIE (OFFSCREEN): I would say that you're really only as old as you feel. To lead a healthy lifestyle, you have to be physically active.

Get a reasonably good amount of sleep.

And eat properly.

Moderation is extremely important to a good long life.

I do have a simple little wine at night, cocktail on occasion. If I wanted a hamburger, I'd have a hamburger.

I like ice cream, but I don't go crazy.

And most of all, I didn't have anybody telling me what to eat.

I think the secret to living a long life is keeping yourself interested in things and always doing something.

You can't just stay put.

I go out every day. I drive every day.

And you have to have a positive attitude and being able to roll with the punch.

One problem we have at being 90, your friends move on to the higher place. You have to make new friends. If you don't make new friends, you'll run out of friends.

Try to make the most of what you have, which is, this is the only body we have. This is the only brain, the only-- take care of them. Good health is most important to aging gracefully. And laughter is going to keep you going better than any medication.

You got to have a sense of humor now and then.

I don't like negativity. I like to be happy. And that's why I think a lot and balance and everything, because I want to be happy.

Retirement does not mean that you sit quietly, that your toes go up.

Life is living. And as long as everything is working, I'm very happy.

A birthday is a celebration. It doesn't necessarily mean that you're that age, unless you feel that you're that age. So long as the birthdays keep coming, you're OK.

I've had a healthy life. I think I've had an interesting life. I'm looking forward to a lot more life.

Nobody is going to come and take me. [LAUGHS] Until I say so.