I have been a practitioner of tough politics for many decades. There is little that amazes me and even less that shocks me.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Follow your dreams and work hard. There's no replacement for hard work, and that's true for any field. If you work hard at it, you're going to see the fruits of your labor, I guarantee it.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

My body's feeling sore, but my soul is feeling pretty good.

Wrestling seemed like something I might be good at, so I stuck with it and gave it a shot. I ended up in a pretty good place. I was very fortunate.

No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.

Y'ALL ARE JUST BITTER.

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

Your heart determines if you are rich or poor

Women are not all single-issue voters.

Without Goodness one cannot enjoy enduring happiness

Inflation is a form of tax, a tax that we all collectively must pay.

I went to football training when I was five because I think my father thought he had two boys.

Astronomy is the science of the harmony of infinite expanse.

I live in New York and I was only there for 2 weeks all last year.

Loneliness can be conquered only by those who can bear solitude.

Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness, but I don't argue with it - especially as I am rarely in a position to prove that it is mistaken. Negative proof is usually impossible.

There's a general culture in this country to cut all the trees. It makes me so angry because everyone is cutting and no one is planting.