When I was 15 years old I felt totally confident I would become a world champion and the greatest bodybuilder in the world. The same was true of show business - I knew that one day I would make more money than anyone else in the industry and I did. For that you need the willingness to work and do everything it takes to make the vision turn into reality.

No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people.

For 20 years, Simon & Schuster asked me, 'Why don't you write your autobiography?'

The public doesn't care about figures.

I have a love interest in every one of my films: a gun.

In this country, it doesn't make any difference where you were born. It doesn't make any difference who your parents were. It doesn't make any difference if, like me, you couldn't even speak English until you were in your twenties.

Through discipline, and determination one can change anything and everything about him - his habits, his outlook on life