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.

I am what I am - which is I have aged.

Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.

You cannot get tired if you're interested in what you do. That's the key thing.

I never wanted to be a career politician. I always am interested just to take on challenges that everyone says are impossible to do and to take it on.

Self-confidence is something caught and not taught. And, risk-running and chance-taking are the only ways to catch it.

I'd always wanted to tell people that when I work on my body I'm thinking about classical sculpture, so I jumped at the chance to show off body building as an art form.