What I learned from 9/11 that is really important, first and foremost, you have to motivate all the workers and understand that they've left their families to help clean up a pretty awful situation. Every time you have an emergency management situation, it's all about teamwork.

My dad was a New York City cop. His father was a New York City fireman. And my mother's dad was a city taxi driver.

I have voted for a Republican for president ever since I was voting and since I was 18 years old.

I do fear God, but I will also tell you that when a doctor diagnoses you and the word 'cancer' comes out of his mouth, at that point, it changes your life and you do fear less and it also has allowed me to be a lot more open as a person. It's changed me.

The bracelet says 'Fear Nothing.' It was given to me by my friends, and it was made for me and my friends during the period of time that I was going through chemotherapy. And I still wear it, because it's a great reminder of friendship and how my buddies and others came together in my time of need.

Everybody knows I return all of my phone calls. I pick up my cell phone myself, much to the chagrin of my staff.

Government should steer, not row.