We all start out with no discipline, no patience, no perseverance, no determination. We all start out at zero. People say, 'You have talent.' No, the gift is to realize that we all start out even. Whether we messed up or put our best foot forward, with these four qualities, we take care of our mental, physical and spiritual health each day. Am I the best in the world? No. The question is: Am I the best I can be?

We all come from someplace. We didn't just get here by accident. Where we come from has got to be known, if you want to know where you are and who you are. You cannot understand the present without understanding the past, especially when it comes to family.

Sometimes you gotta do things that you don't really want to do. But you don't do them for money.

What volunteers bring is the human touch, the individual, caring approach that no government program, however well-meaning and well- executed, can deliver.

Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through

Chiapas is probably the main concern I have right now for the planet.

At the rate we're going, the 21st century looks pretty clear. It's going to be pretty violent