You learn how to take care of people from the women in your life.

There are really two things that drive New Year's resolution success. Number one is telling somebody about your goal. Chances are, they'll either join you in pursuing it or at least support you. Number two is to be concrete and specific. You don't want a goal like "becoming a better person," because there's no objective way to judge that. It's got to be something like "I'm going to call my mother once a week." Or "I'm going to cut my body mass index to 25." It can't be fudgeable.

My mother was all about unconditional love, and I don't think we give that to our patients a lot. At the end of the day, what they really need you to do is to look at them in the eye and say, 'I'm here for you. I'm going to make sure this works out.'

Most food you drop is still perfectly edible. If it was in your eyesight the whole time, you can pick it up and eat it.

Rather than munching on a bag of potato chips, stick to fresh fruit and veggies.

Medicine has always been my calling.

I'm sure people think that I'm out in left field you know, playing by myself.