Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.

There is no finish line. When you reach one goal, find a new one.

I'm very grateful for every thing I have. You know when you start losing that then you start losing what life's all about.

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.

I haven't always been warmly welcomed for holding my conservative positions in Hollywood. Then again, I've never been very good at being politically correct either, on or off screen. So why start now?

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

In America the schools have become too permissive, the kids now are controlling the schools, the tail is wagging the dog. We've got to make a change there and get it back to where the teachers have control of the classrooms.