My stepfather and my mother, I love them to death.

It was a hard lesson to learn, but eventually I had to come to grips with the fact that I cannot solve everyone's problems and lead them to a happy, fulfilled life. They have to figure that out on their own.

The reason I went to an all-boys Catholic school was because they had the best football team. We won the state championship my junior year. It was super-competitive. We lost in the semifinals my senior year, and it still haunts me.

I want to experience as much as I can in this very short life that we have.

Being from Staten Island and Brooklyn, I'm used to eating pasta and meatballs every single day.

The first year of the Boot Ride was an amazing experience. Seeing people come out from all over, ride and, most importantly, put on their boots, was an inspiration.

I've worked on 30-something different TV shows, and most of the people can't stand each other.