Teri Garr Quotes

If you get a diagnosis, get on a therapy, keep a good attitude and keep your sense of humor.

I've always been this insane. Isn't that interesting?

I understand how hard it is to talk to people about MS. You don't want pity or random advice.

I think there are a lot of myths about MS, and it may have affected my career.

I think eventually they're going to find out that MS is like 10 different things. I have a neurological disease something like MS, and it's MS, so let's take medicine for it.

I take one of the interferon therapies, Rebif.

I refused David Letterman's proposal of marriage for obvious reasons, but thanks for asking.

I recently saw the movie about Ray Charles, and there's a scene where he falls down and the mother doesn't help him. She says, I don't want anyone to treat you like a cripple. I've fallen down before, and Molly will say, get up and just go.

I plan to live to be 120!

I have heard all kinds of stories about telling employers about MS and I really don't know what the answer is. I am a private person, but I have found support by talking to fellow MSrs in the community.

I have been off the motorcycles for about 20 years now, but that doesn't mean I can't still do it.

I go to my physical therapist to keep fighting it and one of them told me if you don't use it, you lose it, but I know we're on television so I won't say what I would often say.

I do Pilates a lot. I don't do a lot of cardiovascular stuff.

Any movie I've ever made, the minute you walk on the set they tell you who's the person to buy it from.

You have to lift your head up out of the mud and just do it.

I'm wondering if they haven't reported all the people with MS, because if all of the cases were reported, the government would have to step in and give more financial aid to us.

I have worked enough and I am happy to be touring the country speaking about living with MS to give people inspiration and motivation to help themselves.

I have an enormous fondness for delicious food. It's very comforting.

I have a disease, but I also have a lot of other things.

You can keep it to yourself, but you could also call a support team like the team at MS LifeLines. They are there to support the MS community and give good advice.

Seventy-five percent of MS sufferers are women.

MS doesn't define who I am.

Oddly enough, MS has made my life so much better than it was before. I now appreciate what I have and I am not running around like a rat in a maze.

Take a step back, evaluate what is important, and enjoy life.

You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself.