You cannot just work out and then eat poorly and expect to lose weight. It doesn’t work that way.

If you can’t take responsibility for your own well-being, you will never take control over it.

Loving yourself means caring enough to make the hard decisions in your life.

Gaining control over your health and well-being is one of those times in your life that you get to be completely selfish and not feel bad about it. If you want to meet your goals, you have to make it about you. You have to make it work for you and you alone. Anything less is a setup for failure.

Food is meant to be used as fuel for our bodies. If you're using it for any other reasons, take a step back and ask yourself, 'What's up.'

Appearance can always be changed, but the talent stays the same.

I try to do everything to say, 'OK, will my mother like this? Will she be pleased? Will she be proud of that? How do I know she's happy and she's smiling down at me from heaven?' And that's what I try to go by and walk by.