I was raised to face any challenge.

All I want to tell young people is that you're not going to be anything in life unless you learn to commit to a goal. You have to reach deep within yourself to see if you are willing to make the sacrifices.

I'd made it this far and refused to give up because all my life I had always finished the race.

All I knew was that hate was so deadly as any poison and did no one any good. You had to control and eliminate it, if you could.

God knew my needs and took care accordingly.

Yet a part of you still believes you can fight and survive no matter what your mind knows. It's not so strange. Where there's still life, there's still hope. What happens is up to God.

I've always been called Lucky Louie. It's no mystery why.