I'm the biggest sports fan there is, I love sports, but I'm still convinced that it's teachers who deserve the big salaries, not athletes.

When something happens, we always say it happens for a reason.

I'm used to being the big tough guy, the bodyguard type.

People always have an opinion. Doesn't mean it's right, doesn't mean it's wrong, but we have to respect their opinion.

Know what you want to do, because if you don't know what you want to do, you'll get stuck.

So it was a thing that my mother always taught me to go for your goals and never give up no matter what they are, and I started believing that later on in life.

I was up around 340 pounds because the producers said they wanted a really big guy, and I'm not that big, you know! I've lost it all now though. I'm 285 pounds, my sexy weight!

Always wake up with a smile on your face, because a lot of people who went to sleep last night are not with us this morning.

Of course, people told me, 'Mikey, you will never be an actor. You don't have the look. You're ugly.'

Whatever God gave you, you have to work that to your best ability - especially out here in Hollywood, the land of beautiful people.

My sister used to say I had a frail chest and she 'd beat me up all the time.

I just happen to comprehend the low standards of the majority of the music-buying public, and I don’t care how condescending that sounds, it’s true. They always go for the shiny gimmicks. Always.

hearing women singing about themselves - rather than men singing about women - makes everything seem wonderfully clear, and possible

Laziness is the mother of all bad habits, but ultimately she is a mother and we should respect her

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?

In this world, emotion has become suspect - the accepted style is smooth, antiseptic and passionless.

Whenever I'm being invited to the New York City Marathon like today, I need to think twice because I know it's a very tough race.

I hate to be enclosed. I don't like bathroom doors - I don't shut them. In fact, in my house, I have no doors.

If you provide the drive, dream, and vision, with God’s help, you can accomplish anything.

I went to seven colleges. I was a professional transfer student. I had to drop out 'cause I couldn't see out the back window.