Cesar Millan

“Owners lavish love on their pets, which is why so many go from non-aggressive pups to being out of control when they're older. People just don't realise their dog must respect them as leader of the pack.”

“People say I train dogs, but in many ways I train people.”

“It's an up and down thing, the human goals, because the human is always an explorer, an adventurist.”

“Oprah is a wealthy person, pack leader of the human world. So many see her as the dominant one, as the authority figure. The way I view her energy, seeing her on TV, is a very calm, quiet energy. You need, in order to gain control, higher energy than your dog.”

“Everybody wants a solution on how to help their dogs, but we can't really see the problem until we reconnect ourselves to our instinctual self.”

“'The Dog Whisperer' to me is a show that had a passion, and it helped me save relationships.”

“Any time you're working in the world of taming animals, you're going to get hurt. But it's a rush that we get.”

“Dogs don't rationalize. They don't hold anything against a person. They don't see the outside of a human but the inside of a human.”

“The reality is, if you have a high-level-energy dog, it's not going to be happy with a one-hour walk. Those types of dogs are going to require more than one hour of physical challenge in the outside world.”

“Birth, life, death is a cycle. And they're all beautiful, you celebrate all of them. Animals do grieve, but they move on. That's the lesson behind animals.”

“I was blessed to grow up on a farm, and when you're a farm boy, exercise is part of your lifestyle. Like it or not, that environment makes you work out. On the farm, nature is your gym. You walk and run and swim and have to do a lot of work with animals too.”

“Bill Gates can't control a high-level-energy dog, because his energy is very low, very calm. Very intellectual. A dog doesn't see that as leadership.”

“Many dogs grow up without rules or boundaries. They need exercise, discipline and affection in that order.”

“The dog can only become what's in your bubble. The dog is imitating the energy that is in your bubble. You are the source, the feast of energy. If you feel anxious, the dog becomes anxious with you. If you become nervous, the dog wakes up nervous with you.”

“Spiritual fulfillment doesn't have to mean belief in a religion or disbelief in science. ... Whether one believes in an unseen, all-knowing force, or the wonder of science and the universe, or simply the beauty of the human spirit, nearly every one of feels an inner longing to feel part of something bigger than ourselves.”

“We moved to the city when I was 7, and the lack of exercise made me frustrated. I started fighting with my sisters, and my parents put me in judo as an outlet. I became very competitive and won a lot of medals.”

“America focuses on being very intelligent because that's how you make more money.”

“I wish my kid would act like my dog sometimes. My dog listens to me and does what I tell him to do.”

“I am not brutal or cruel to animals. My mission has always been to save dogs - especially troubled and abandoned dogs. I've dedicated my life to this.”

“I have never met a dog I couldn't help; however, I have met humans who weren't willing to change.”