I know and value what it means to wake up and be alive and to share my story. I'm so blessed to be here and to be able to talk about it.

What I've learned to do is arrest my addiction - arrest it myself, so I don't get arrested.

Anybody can get bigheaded once they know the seat cannot be pulled out from under them.

I sometimes feel like I'm caught in a vise. Some people feel like I'm some kind of hero. Others hate me.

I don't see how you can grow as a world without being able to get along with people. So many people is hating out there and it's not making a difference.

We wouldn't be as far along as a country if we didn't take on some of Martin Luther King's ways that he instilled in us.

As far as having peace within myself, the one way I can do that is forgiving the people who have done wrong to me. It causes more stress to build up anger. Peace is more productive.