A lot of people give up just before they're about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.

It wasn't until I went to Korea out of high school and got exposed to the martial arts for the first time and was just completely enamored with the physical ability of the martial arts and making my black belt.

It's amazing because people come up to me and say, 'Chuck, you're the luckiest guy in the world to be a world karate champion and a movie and TV star.' When they say this to me, I kind of smile because luck had nothing to do with it; God had everything to do with it.

One of my life's principles is to develop myself to the maximum of my potential in all ways and to help others do the same.

I definitely feel I do have God in my corner.

If some thug breaks into my home I can use my roundhouse kick, but I prefer he look down the barrel of my gun.

I'm a people's actor, not a critics' actor, and I always have been.