People treat me like family, 'cause I've always treated them like family.

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.

Every morning when I get up, I ask God what he wants me to do, ask him to lead me to the right people to help them.

My life is just a never-ending work in progress.

When we're binging, we do not think about death. We just think about how good it tastes.

If you want to get the body you've always dreamed of, you have to earn it. You can't buy it, you can't rent it. You have to earn it. My formula has always been love yourself, move your body, watch your portions. And it sounds so easy, but it is not.

Being successful is something that's sometimes hard to deal with.