I admire the courage and self-reliance it takes to start your own business and make it succeed.

You can be the most beautiful person on earth, and if you don't have a fitness or diet routine, you won't be beautiful.

You have to be open to change. I never stop making sure that what I say is the best of what could be said about a particular thing. It's a constant evolution. If I planted a tree one way yesterday and somebody tells me of a better way to plant a tree, I think, You know, they're right, that's better. Then I change my way to accommodate the new way of planting trees.

I believe in a man and a woman being equal. I really believe that we can do anything we set our minds to.

Gardening is a humbling experience.

I don't even like firing people. I don't think I've ever said, 'You're fired' to anybody.

I think I may be a better person for having given serious time and thought and effort to gardening.