Everyone's under pressure and you just have to learn how to deal with it. And I deal with it through prayer and staying busy.

I give people permission to be kids again.

I've been offered big money to promote machines. And high-protein diets, when that was really popular. There was always some new powder or diet plan that somebody wanted to put my name on.

It's terrible, the way obese children and adults are treated in this country [USA]. And I'm not leaving this Earth until that is changed.

We overweight people, we say terrible things to ourselves. Oh, you wouldn't believe it. 'You fat pig. How can you do this? You're a disgusting jerk.' And that gets you nowhere. That gets you right back into a bowl of pasta fregula.

If you don't love your mother you go straight to hell.

I have been up to my head just with calling people, I call about 50 to 100 people a day.