I'm pretty disciplined and am almost always on schedule.

You don't want to destroy the energy that comes out of a campaign.

In fairy tales, the children are saved by caring adults. We need more caring adults in the lives of our children.

In every community, whether large or small, there are people who lead in their community in easy and difficult times.

Sometimes I'll trust my gut more than my head. Logical information might lead me in one direction and my feelings in another. Whereas I would have followed my head ten years ago, now I'm as likely or more likely to go with my gut feeling. It's ironic - you'd think the opposite would be true as you move to the top but it's not.

We need to drive down requirements for the schools. In the 19th century, we increased the quality of the schools by higher education saying, 'You can't come in unless you have these skills, unless you've taken these courses.' We did that in Wisconsin when I was there, it helped to transform the secondary school system.

Fear drives you and makes you better.