ways of quoting

Hi,
Let us pretend that John Doe has uttered these words with Xed-out words.

John Doe: xxx men need to exercise more, rather than eating and eating; they need to move around.

If someone wants to incorporate this into his writing, what ways are available? I think it talks about men of a certain country (or from a certain region) not doing enough physical exercises. Any guidelines or tips?

1. All along, I have argued that people around the world have grown less active as supported by what John Doe said, "xxx men need to exercise more, rather than eating and eating; they need to move around.'

2. My research has indicated that people from xxx have grown inactive over the last few years. With growing wealth and technology seem to have come a less need to move around as supported by what John Doe said, "xxx men need to exercise more, rather than eating and eating; they need to move around."

3. I would argue that men of xxx "need to exercise more" as John Doe said.

If I couldn't remember who said this and the exact words, how could I incorporate it into the writing? Like this? Any better way?

I have been talking about the need to exercise more by men around the world, like what someone has said something to the effect that men of xxx need to exercise more and move around and should keep on eating and eating without doing any substantial exercises.

Sorry for a long question but why it did not put "we" inside the quotation marks??

"We have made a mistake." John Doe proclaimed to his students, and we "have made fools of ourselves."