Yoga in America is a joke.

You go to Starbucks, and you know what you're going to get. It's the same with my yoga.

When actress Shirley Maclaine arrived 30 minutes late for a class, I asked her to leave.

I fix the human chassis, I tune up human engines, I recharge human batteries, and I adjust human transmissions.

Negative attitude is nine times more powerful than positive attitude.

Movie stars, rich people - oh, they have so many beautiful cars!

Do you know, every yoga school in India is free?

Yoga competition is an old Indian tradition.

Natural hydration is a key factor in any type of sports performance.

It wasn't easy in the 1970s when I initially started on my mission - to take yoga to the world. Nobody knew what it was in Japan. When I met Bill Clinton for the first time, he asked me if it was a form of yogurt that you eat! But I kept my faith and never gave up on my quest.

If you don't suffer, you don't get anything. Nothing easy in life.

I always forgave my students, like Jesus.

American men are like women.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

There's nothing wrong with material things as long as you don't lie, cheat and steal.

Growing up in Bombay, I saw many sick people.