I've gotten books published. I've met famous people that are very nice. I look back and I say, 'Wow. Thank you, God, for giving me this gift. And thank you for helping me to keep going.'

The doctor said, 'He can't last a week.' And I did. And they said, 'There's no way this kid's going to last a month.' And I did. And so they said, 'Two years. He's not going to make it.' Two years. 'Five years. He can't do that.' I lived to be five years. 'He's never going to hit double digits.' And here I am, a new teenager.

If you have enough breath to complain about anything, you have more than enough reason to give thanks about something.

I would not have lasted a minute, literally a minute, on this Earth without God and angels by my side, because I was born. And right as I was born, I went into a respiratory arrest. So, big things that keep me going are friends and family, God. And another thing is looking forward to what's going to happen tomorrow.

I feel that God has given me a very special opportunity that I should not let go to waste. I use the gift he has given me.

I choose to live until death, not spend the time dying until death occurs.

I think that someone is watching out for me, God, my guardian angel, I'm not sure who that is, but they really work hard.