Phil McGraw
Phil McGraw
Phillip Calvin "Phil" McGraw, known as Dr. Phil, is an American television personality, author, psychologist, and the host of the television show Dr. Phil, which debuted in 2002. McGraw first gained celebrity status with appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the late 1990s. In 2015, Forbes listed his earnings at $70 million for the previous 12 months, and ranked him the 15th highest earning celebrity in the world...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPsychologist
Date of Birth1 September 1950
CountryUnited States of America
People say time heals all wounds. Let me tell you, time heals nothing. You can do the wrong thing for 10 years and it doesn't equal the right thing for one day.
If you don't have a plan, days turn into weeks, weeks turn into months, months turn into years, and before you know it you're looking back saying, I should've had a plan.
A year from now, you're gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now.
Really, everybody sometimes will think about Christmas, Christmases past, like it was a Currier & Ives print, you know, the candle in the window, the snow on the sill, and isn't this wonderful? But the truth was Uncle Harry got drunk, the kids were fighting over the toys, there wasn't enough money, you overate.
Not everybody is some kind of media model.
Now, my body fat runs around 18 percent, which is normal and, you know, kind of in the middle of normal, actually.
As parents we're not nearly as computer literate as our children are.
What I want people to do is what's healthy for them.
I don't care how pumped up or psyched you are to start a new diet or a new program - that emotion will fade.
Nothing's funnier to me than laughing at myself.
Parents need to dial in and know what their kids are doing.
If you've gone into a marriage and you haven't been clear about how you're going to handle money, how you want to raise kids, who is going to work or stay home or what have you, then you've set yourself up for failure.
I don't substitute anybody else's judgment for my own.
The truth is, I think we are a self-less society, not a selfish society. Because we're so busy now.