Some people are walking around with full use of their bodies and they're more paralyzed than I am.

It never occurred to me that I was a leading man until I was 19 years old. I had been acting since I was 10, so that's nine years and 30 or 40 plays, in school and summer stock, professional theater, too.

there is a relationship between the mind and the body that can both create a physical condition and enable us to recover from it

I gradually stopped wondering, ‘What life do I have?' and began to consider, ‘What life can I build?

In the face of adversity, hope often comes in the form of a friend who reaches out to us.

Success is not about money and power. Real success is about relationships. There's no point in making $50 million a year if your teenager thinks you're a jerk and you spend no time with your wife.

All the scientists who are working on solving the problem of curing paralysis say that it won't do you any good if you don't keep your body in shape.