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. Patrick Swayze More Quotes by Patrick Swayze More Quotes From Patrick Swayze I had a lot of anger because I wasn't happy with the way I had been raised. Patrick Swayze raised anger way I'm trying to shut up and let my angels speak to me and tell me what I'm supposed to do. Patrick Swayze angel speak trying If anybody had that cure out there like so many people swear to me they do, you'd be two things: you'd be very rich, and you'd be very famous. Otherwise, shut up. Patrick Swayze cancer two people Life sure has a sick sense of humor, doesn’t it? Patrick Swayze point-break sense-of-humor sick My work... is my legacy. Patrick Swayze legacy Talent deserves to be honored. Hands deserve to be slapped if you do something stupid as well, but don't take it too far. Patrick Swayze talent stupid hands My indigestion issues got gigantic and constant. And then I started thinking, I'm getting skinny. I dropped about 20 pounds in the blink of an eye. And then when you see it in the mirror, when all of a sudden, you pull your eyes down and the bottom of your eyes go yellow and jaundice sets in - then you know something's wrong. Patrick Swayze mirrors eye thinking Feel what the wave is doing, then accept its energy. Patrick Swayze wave accepting energy I found that dance was key to keeping depression out of my life. Patrick Swayze dancing keys found The steps aren’t enough. Feel the music. Patrick Swayze enough steps feels There's just something about dance. It's like a primal thing in all of us. Patrick Swayze primal dance inspirational You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I had to fight my way up. Patrick Swayze growing-up fighting kids When people are away from home, they do things they might not normally do. Patrick Swayze home might people To be honest, I've made a game out of trying to live through my James Dean, Janis Joplin, Freddie Prinze, Jim Morrison period, those demons that we all have that we're either successful or not at making work for us rather than destroy us. Patrick Swayze successful games trying I like to believe that I've got a lot of guardian warriors sittin' on my shoulder including my dad. Patrick Swayze warrior dad believe Sometimes a movie encapsulates a period or a moment in all of our lives in such a way that it never dies. Patrick Swayze moments sometimes way A person who can connect with their partner, another human being who can connect with their soul − it's not just learning steps, it's about expressing something. I've found in dancing all my life that I can release something as a dancer that I can't in any other way. Patrick Swayze dancing dance soul I will go so far as to say probably smoking had something to do with my pancreatic cancer. Patrick Swayze pancreatic-cancer cancer smoking There are people who want me to do a cologne. They want to call it 'Patrick.' I was offered a fortune to make exercise videos. Posters, all kinds of stuff - something like $10 million worth. It's insanity. I'm not going to do any of it. Patrick Swayze exercise insanity people I've never been one to run from a challenge. Patrick Swayze challenges running