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.

I am optimistic. But I also know that, with time, I'm beginning to fight issues of aging as well as long-term paralysis.

The key to success is letting the relationships in your life grow to the highest levels they possibly can . . . not putting yourself first in life and remembering that the more you give away, the more you have.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

Pain is inevitable. Misery is a choice.

People may never understand this - and perhaps I should give up caring whether they do or not - but the idea of me playing Superman is so far away from what I was brought up to aspire to.