I get all fired up about aging in America.

The line plays on Scott’s trademark upbeat, folksy persona—“fired up” suggests energetic advocacy rather than resignation. Read in context of his public-facing work celebrating older Americans, it frames aging not as decline but as a civic issue worth enthusiasm and attention. The phrasing also implies a critique: if one must get “fired up,” then aging in the U.S. involves challenges (health care, dignity, visibility, social support) that require public engagement. As a media figure associated with honoring seniors, Scott’s statement can be taken as a call to treat later life as something to be valued and actively improved, not merely endured.