You play the hand you're dealt. I think the game's worthwhile.

I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God, I don't know. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do.

For everyone who thought I couldn’t do it… for everyone who thought I shouldn’t do it… for everyone who said, ‘It’s impossible’… see you at the finish line!

Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.

My father is an intellectual and physical man, which is a rather unusual combination. He's great. As he brought up me and my brothers and sisters, he ingrained in us that your appearance is not your responsibility, other than that you should not be a slob.

If I can laugh, I can live.

I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college.