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" I'll tell you who makes me laugh, in a good way, and I'd love to have a date with her: if I could just have a salad with Lady Gaga? This would be my - I would almost probably faint. "

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" It's not nice to make fun of people with issues. "

" My father offered me a dollar for every pound I would lose as a kid. It didn't work. And it doesn't really work in the long run. Who are you competing against? It's you. You need to be doing this for you and only you. "

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" I do not want any child in America to have my childhood because it was taken away from me because I just wasn't good enough; well I am good enough now. "

" Ninety percent of people who lose weight gain it back. It's very sad. "

" When I go to teach, that's not my workout. It's my show. I'm 134 pounds - I'm a teeny thing. I work out 11/2 hours a day and eat 1,600 calories. I can't stray because I have to fit into these Dolfin shorts! "

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" I don't have to teach anymore, I don't have to work anymore, God has been really good to me. "

" I get an abundance of e-mail every day, some say 'dear Richard, can you call my husband, he weighs 400 pounds...' or 'my 14-year-old is 200 pounds...' or 'I just got divorced, no one wants me, I am 500 pounds.' So I pick up the phone and I call people. "

" I spent my childhood eating. The only exercise I got was trying to twist off the cap of a jar of mayonnaise. "

" Everyone has a story that makes me stronger. I know that the work I do is important and I enjoy it, but it is nice to hear the feedback of what we do to inspire others. "

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" My persona has always been what a man was never supposed to be. Outrageous, gregarious, crazy, silly, funny. "

" Right now many schools have no recess. Most schools have no PE. "

" I have rules about eating, exercising and rules about staying positive. And these rules are sacred to me. "

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" I started my own class for people like me who can't find any place else to go. "

" No one is perfect... absolutely no one. Like precious stones, we have a few flaws, but why focus on that? Focus on what you like about yourself, and that will bring you happiness and peace. "

" Number one, like yourself. Number two, you have to eat healthy. And number three, you've got to squeeze your buns. That's my formula. "

" I suffered from eating disorders when I was just a kid. I did not like me or the way I looked. But back then, you could not tell anyone. "

" For my workout, I'm up at 4 A.M. I say my prayers, count my blessings, and I work out right away. I just get it done. "

" I don't talk about my personal life, and I don't talk about death. "

" I start phone calls at 4 A.M. to cheer people up. The housebound, people in the hospital. People who, after decades, still can't get over what happened 10 or 15 years ago. "

" I hope in my lifetime we can all continue to laugh at ourselves and not put down anyone for what they weigh. "

" When I was growing up, I did not exercise at all. I was raised in the French Quarter in New Orleans. If I saw someone running, I would call the police because I thought they stole something on Royal Street. "

" But if you pick up every other magazine, it is the peanut butter diet, or the cabbage soup diet, and then you go to the radio and you hear that you can drink some solution and you will lose weight overnight. It just does not work that way! "

" We're all in trouble, and we all need to sort of pick up the pieces and start to exercise more and really be careful with the food. "

" I'm such a huge fan, and I've done classes of all Lady Gaga music. And she's just someone who evokes freedom and love for her fans and passion in what she does. Lady Gaga, I'll take you out for a salad anytime. "

" This is my theater. This is where I can sing and act out a play and do sit-ups at the same time. "

" You are one of a kind and unique. Never forget that. "

" How do you get motivated? By knowing your worth. Americans do not know how worthy they are. You deserve to be healthy, but a lot of times, people have, as childs been told - as a children been told that they're no good, that they're never going to be anything else. "

" No tricks, gimmicks, special pills, special potions, special equipment. All it takes is desire and will. "

" My nickname is Dickie Jukebox. I own thousands and thousands and thousands of songs. "