It is not possible to rule out anything because we don't know what will happen.

Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved.

We have to start thinking of America as a family. We have to stop screeching screeching at each other, stop hurting each other, and instead start caring for, sacrificing for and sharing with each other ... We cannot move forward if cynics and critics swoop down and pick apart anything that goes wrong, to a point where we lose sight of what is right, decent and uniquely good about America.

America has a terrible educational problem in the sense that we have too many youngsters not finishing school. A third of our kids don't finish high school, 50 percent of minorities don't finish high school.

I would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me, but I'm not anxious to rule it in.

What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.