I really created my career out of my own compulsion. Because I knew if I owned an exercise studio and I had to teach my classes there, I wasn't going to gain my weight back.

This is my theater. This is where I can sing and act out a play and do sit-ups at the same time

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.

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.

No one can make fun of overweight people in front of me!

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

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.