Bikram Choudhury

Growing up in Bombay, I saw many sick people.

I don't listen to anybody. You need my help: Come to me, shut up, forget who you are. I will take care of you. And I do my job.

My system works, as long as people let me do my job my way. It is not just the sequence, it is how you do it: the timing, the mirrors, the temperature, the carpet. But if people only do it 99% right, it is 100% wrong. When someone tries to mess with it, the people won't get the yoga benefits.

Yoga competition is an old Indian tradition.

My friend said to me, 'You don't look good,' - because all the time I have to think about law and justice and courts.

You cannot steal somebody's intellectual property. Law and justice protect.

I have both English bulldog determination and Bengal tiger strength.

You use the body as a medium to bring the mind back to the brain. Perfect married between body and mind. Then, you can knock the door to the spirit.

When President Ronald Reagan asked me a stupid question once, I called him an idiot in public! I thought I was going to be arrested, but he laughed and appreciated me.

In America, they say, you can take a horse to the pond, but you can't make him drink. My way is different. I only take the horse to the pond to make him drink. If he doesn't, I'll cut his head off.

I like money. You like money. We need the money. But, money is not going to bring humanity and spiritualism into your life.

I don't chase money, money chase me!