Your body is not who you are. The mind and spirit transcend the body.

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

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.

I have no bones to pick and no fight with society. And I'm willing to be and interested in being in the mainstream of society.

I don't have to prove anything to anyone. As a result, I am ready to take up again the characters who are closer to what I really am.

Misfortune can force you into doing things you should be doing anyway. Lessons come from adversity. Anything can happen to anyone... You can find a new lease on life - more meaning than you thought possible in simple things... Let go. Live in the moment. Go forward.

America is better when all of us take care of all of us.