My parents always told me to be myself. I was always funny and silly as a kid. And I would always make them laugh. And they always told me to dream big and follow those dreams.

Ninety percent of people who lose weight gain it back. It's very sad.

For many years, my formula has been to love yourself, move your body and to watch portion size. But the No. 1 thing is to love and value yourself, no matter what you've been through.

My persona has always been what a man was never supposed to be. Outrageous, gregarious, crazy, silly, funny.

I could be hit by a Sara Lee truck tomorrow. Which is not a bad way of going: 'Richard Simmons Found in a Freeway in Pound Cake and Fudge, With a Smile on His Face.' Let's face it. We don't know anything.

I have rules about eating, exercising and rules about staying positive. And these rules are sacred to me.

Everything I did with my life I did so that I could give my parents everything they didn't have because of me.