"I guess you are wondering what exactly happened. Well, it was nothing like Baywatch. No gorgeous blond with a tan ran up to me in slow motion to push on my chest a couple of times. And I didn't jump up and say 'thanks I feel much better.'"

"I used to think that I could kill my clients if I exercised them too hard. I thought that I would have to use my CPR training. No thanks, I told my clients "not on my shift."'

"I'm not into calling 911 for stupidity."

"Maybe it's that I've been around cardiac clients for so long that I'm creating this elaborate ruse in my head."

"Nobody's gonna crack my chest. I'm healthy. I'm young. Ok, so I eat too much pizza and I social smoke. But I exercise."