Sleep is critical to me ... at least eight or nine hours a night. I start to slow down my body and my mind at least 30 minutes before I get into bed.….

Some people like to look at pictures of themselves before they lost weight. I don't particularly care for that. Whenever I was overweight, it was a v….

I plan for the future, but the only day I really worry about is the day I'm living right now..

I consider myself a court jester - motivator..

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

I took desperate measures to lose weight and did terrible things to myself. I went from diet pills to thirty laxatives a day to throwing up..

But if you pick up every other magazine, it is the peanut butter diet, or the cabbage soup diet, and then you go to the radio and you hear that you c….

Its an eerie thing. My childhood is being washed away..

When you're feeling down, sad, lonely, negative, you don't want to take care of yourself - and the weight problem and the diabetic problem and the he….

People need the court jester, so I keep that smile on and keep going out there to do what I do..

My nickname is Dickie Jukebox..

If you want to get the body you've always dreamed of, you have to earn it..

I never sold any of those "lose 10 pounds every week" scams. I've not changed my tune in all these years. I've seen everything pass by me, and I've b….

When we're binging, we do not think about death. We just think about how good it tastes..

I just want people to get off the back burner of their life and start to take better care of themselves and their children..

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….

For 40 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 m….

Singing is good for the soul. It's the first thing I do every morning, after my blessings and my grace. I put music on and I sing..

I get tired of negativity in our country. I get tired of people who only want to know dirt. I get tired of people who don't believe in themselves..

My way is the sensitive, emotional way, because that's who I am. A day doesn't go by where I don't sit and cry, listening to the stories. I try to be….

I've never swayed from who I am. People have seen me on television, and they know what I'm like and they know what I do and they respect me for what ….