Bikram Choudhury

Yoga Instructor

India

1946 - Present

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Growing up in Bombay, I saw many sick people.
Bikram Choudhury
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.
Bikram Choudhury
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.
Bikram Choudhury
Yoga competition is an old Indian tradition.
Bikram Choudhury
My friend said to me, 'You don't look good,' - because all the time I have to think about law and justice and courts.
Bikram Choudhury
You cannot steal somebody's intellectual property. Law and justice protect.
Bikram Choudhury
I have both English bulldog determination and Bengal tiger strength.
Bikram Choudhury
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.
Bikram Choudhury
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.
Bikram Choudhury
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.
Bikram Choudhury