Quotes from Patrick Swayze

You know, I am a Leo. Lion is a giant part of me.

Sometimes a movie encapsulates a period or a moment in all of our lives in such a way that it never dies.

I like to believe that I've got a lot of guardian warriors sittin' on my shoulder including my dad.

I've never been one to run from a challenge.

I'm trying to shut up and let my angels speak to me and tell me what I'm supposed to do.

There's no better way to take care of health than through something as joyous and beautiful as dance.

I'm not afraid of death. I'm going home.

There's just something about dance. It's like a primal thing in all of us.

I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.

Talent deserves to be honored. Hands deserve to be slapped if you do something stupid as well, but don't take it too far.

If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to spell the word artist.

I keep dreaming of a future, a future with a long and healthy life, not lived in the shadow of cancer but in the light.

I found that dance was key to keeping depression out of my life.

If I'm going to do television, I wanted that 'North and South' experience. I wanted something that's going to challenge me on a constant basis.

Surfing's the source. Can change your life. Swear to god

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

The longer your life goes on, the more death you face.

What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.

Life sure has a sick sense of humor, doesn't it?

I don't want to be Mr. Romantic Leading Man. I don't want to be the Dance Dude. I don't want to be the Action Guy. If I had to do any one of those all my life, it'd drive me crazy.

I had a lot of anger because I wasn't happy with the way I had been raised.

It just blows me away that I am on, I don't know what generation of fans.

One thing I'm not going to do is chase staying alive. You spend so much time chasing staying alive, you won't live.

I just love to work hard.