The first thing I did on my diet was take the batteries out of the remote control and make myself get up and change the channel. That's probably the hardest exercise I did.

I had a great childhood, a very close-knit family. We were all overweight, and we had good times eating together, I imagine.

When my parents died they both were 47, and they died of complications of different diseases; one being diabetes.

The way to deal with the devil of obesity and diabetes is literally one day at a time.

I also have a degree in marriage, family and child counseling - I'm a therapist.

Like most severely overweight people, I had to hit a rock-hard bottom before I'd take responsibility for the consequences of neglecting my own health.

I tell people I'm on a diet. If somebody sees me with a muffin, they'll think I'm off my diet. It's like secret little police that I've made for myself.

I'll make a diet cheesecake, but I'll put it in a Sara Lee box. Or I'll have a huge bowl of pasta, but it's actually just a cup of pasta - the rest is vegetables. It makes me feel less deprived.

One of the key things I did to stay on my diet is I never allowed myself to get hungry. As soon as I got hungry, I'd eat healthy foods.

I like to fill my heart with love so that I can give it away generously without emptying my vessel.

... and that was when I learned that work gets done if you simply do it.

...frankly, many times, the people that we resent either have no idea about it or could care less.

Politics is a strong and slow boring of hard boards.

I just always loved watching the History Channel and stuff like that. I could come home from school and just watch it all day. It just interested me.

I'm not the greatest long-distance shooter, I know that. But I know if I can get around that free-throw line area, a lot of times you've just got to hope I miss.

I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.

I've been elected numerous times in South Carolina. If I'm on the ballot, I'm going to win South Carolina.

I watch HGTV like a maniac, and when it's bad, it's like some crazy college guy watching a football game.

Olympism... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will.