We need a wholesale reevaluation of what health feels like. Most Americans don't even know what that is anymore. I want to tell people, "Listen, there are places where you can focus on your health, and it can actually be simple."

Whatever you choose, do it fully-with passion and childlike enthusiasm.

In Turkey, you're not allowed to be left alone in the hospital. The nurse teaches the family how to do things, and somebody is always there with the patient.

I get up in the morning and do a seven-minute yoga workout. I know the most likely time I'm going to do something is when I first get up, and I make it short because, like you, I don't really want to do that first thing in the morning.

Not enough families eat together. We eat in front of the TV while we're absorbed in a program.

If you want to be healthy and live to one hundred, do qigong.

I've got so many weaknesses.