I think that if you grow up trying to be the best then you have to be competitive because the more you compete, the more someone is there that is a challenge and the more your performance improves.

I think that the only way that you really keep it a secret is by not telling anyone.

Look for small victories and build on that. Each small victory, even if it is just getting up five minutes earlier, gives you confidence. You realize that these little victories make you feel great, and you keep going. You realize that being paralyzed by fear of failure is worse than failure.

Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.

I propose that a teacher's pay be tied to merit, not tenure. And I propose that a teacher's employment be tied to performance, not just showing up.

You can never find a candidate that will agree with everything you believe. Then you would just have a clone and that doesn't exist.

One of my movies was called 'True Lies.' It's what the Democrats should have called their convention.