I'm not living the life I thought I would lead, but it does have meaning, purpose. There is love... there is joy... there is laughter.

Once we choose hope, everything is possible.

Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.

A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.

It's defeatist to harp on what might have been, and yet, it's hard to resist considering what might have been.

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.

Even if your body doesn't work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.