I don't know about you, but every time some joker points me out as I walk through an airport wearing extra-small Dolfin shorts, a tank top and leg warmers, I get a little upset.

The real pride, the real present, is your health and your longevity.

The real pride, the real present, is your health and your longevity. My whole career, I have never done anything where competition was involved with weight loss.

I hope in my lifetime we can all continue to laugh at ourselves and not put down anyone for what they weigh.

I get an abundance of e-mail every day, some say 'dear Richard, can you call my husband, he weighs 400 pounds...' or 'my 14-year-old is 200 pounds...' or 'I just got divorced, no one wants me, I am 500 pounds.' So I pick up the phone and I call people.

Stop trying to find something in food that will make you feel better.

Yeah, but I do call them back and follow up. Most people talk at overweight people, I talk with them.