My children were attacked by the Minnesota media when I was governor.

In wrestling, my mustache made me look more like a villain. A good mustache can give you the look of the devil.

I don't want to spend the rest of my life in politics. When I'm finished with my term as governor, I'm going back to the life that's waiting for me in the private sector.

Marijuana makes the best bio-diesel fuel on the planet, so it can make you energy. It grows 15 feet a summer, so it's a renewable resource. It makes better paper than wood does. It makes clothing. Medical-wise, it's stopping seizures, it's working for post-traumatic stress, they're even finding that it's curing cancer in certain cases. I mean, this is a remarkable plant. Now, for those that smoke it recreationally, to feel good, what's wrong with that? That's mental health.

I can't see any difference in government between Bush and Obama apart from the color of their skin.

I don't take PAC money. I don't take special interest money.

I tend to like to read history - recent history, because I find that much more intriguing than just a writer's imagination.