Negative attitude is nine times more powerful than positive attitude.
Bikram Choudhury
If you can, you must.
Truth is the most bitter to accept, swallow and digest it. The moment you speak truth, you lose your popularity. But I don't care.
You cannot drive the car if you do not have a driver's license. You cannot do brain surgery if you are not a brain surgeon. You cannot even do a massage if you don't have a license.
If you don't suffer, you don't get anything. Nothing easy in life.
When actress Shirley Maclaine arrived 30 minutes late for a class, I asked her to leave.
I started with nothing. Zero.
I don't chase money, money chase me!
My friend said to me, 'You don't look good,' - because all the time I have to think about law and justice and courts.
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.
One student was mixing my yoga up with other kinds, and I said, 'No, you cannot do that.' You cannot put calamari in the sushi and call it sushi.
Every human being in this world is interested in certain things. Everybody has a hobby. Some people like art; I know nothing about it. Some people like books, some people like fishing, some people like music. I like to look at cars.
Yoga only works one way.
In India, nobody sues anybody.
If you do Bikram Yoga, you exercise your body 100 percent.
So many people are stealing Bikram Yoga. It's like you're practicing medicine, but you're not a doctor.
Maintaining spirituality and humanism are the keys to success. It's a balance.
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.
Growing up in Bombay, I saw many sick people.
The meaning of yoga is connection of mind, body and spirit. If you have a bad telecommunication system, your body gets sick. Yoga helps fix that.
You cannot steal somebody's intellectual property. Law and justice protect.
I have so many choices in America; it's home to so many good things. I'm smart enough to enjoy all the good things that are offered.
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.
Because I'm a sweet, kind guy, everybody thinks I'm an idiot, I'm weak.
Lady Gaga listens to me. Her mantra is only one word - 'Bikram' - because Bikram makes her what she is today. It works.
I fix the human chassis, I tune up human engines, I recharge human batteries, and I adjust human transmissions.
There's nothing wrong with material things as long as you don't lie, cheat and steal.
Since my asana techniques increase circulation to all organs in the body and increase lung efficiency, I recommend Bikram Balance natural whole food beverage as a way to provide all the critical nutrients to oxygenate the blood and restore the acid/alkaline balance.
Natural hydration is a key factor in any type of sports performance.
Any kind of problem you have in your life, you come to Bikram. Your life becomes the best in the world.
Yoga in America is a joke.
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.
Most researchers sit at a table and read books. My research, since three years old, has been to use my own body.
Worry makes you sick. Worry less, live as long as you like.
America's biggest problem is too much freedom.
I always forgave my students, like Jesus.
I'm a yogi, not a businessman.
I like money. You like money. We need the money. But, money is not going to bring humanity and spiritualism into your life.
I bought a 1964 Bentley for $1,600 and re-built it over five years. When I drove it in Tokyo after that, it was the pride of the road. That car would command at least $150,000 today because 'Bikram' has restored it.
Indians do not like Indian teachers; they prefer foreigners, but there is a huge demand for Indian teachers around the world.
Why must everyone need a doctorate to teach? You can be a graduate from my institute in two months and for $11,000.
I guarantee you, yoga will compete with computers, music, sports, automobiles, the drug industry. Yoga will take over the world!
Nothing in the world can take my peace away from me.
You go to Starbucks, and you know what you're going to get. It's the same with my yoga.
I am tough, and sometimes I tell it like it is. Tough love can work wonders.
I have both English bulldog determination and Bengal tiger strength.
For months, I slept at work, even though I had an apartment. I'd fall asleep on the floor at 4:30 A.M. By 7 A.M., I was up and ready to start teaching every class.
I always teach celebrities, all my life.
I have the biggest and the longest mouth in the world. Everybody's scared of my mouth.
