I do not want any child in America to have my childhood because it was taken away from me because I just wasn't good enough; well I am good enough now.

Everyone in Senate is a hurdle, but everyone in there has children. Everyone in there has grandchildren. No one wants to see our kids continue to gain weight, have high blood pressure high cholesterol, diabetes, and depression.

I suffered from eating disorders when I was just a kid. I did not like me or the way I looked. But back then, you could not tell anyone.

When I talk to kids who are overweight, I see my face on their bodies.

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

After I talk to so many people who are so unhappy about their weight and so depressed that they don't see any rainbows in their life, after I talk to about 30 of those, then I try to walk away and pet my dog, just do something that makes me happy.

After all the throwing up, I would starve myself. Which meant eating lettuce and water for two and a half months. I almost lost my life.