While I filmed the 'Walker, Texas Ranger' series for eight and a half years, I had never had much time to read, except for screenplays of the episodes.

A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do.

I've always found that anything worth achieving will always have obstacles in the way and you've got to have that drive and determination to overcome those obstacles on route to whatever it is that you want to accomplish.

Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.

A lot of people give up just before they're about to make it. You know you never know when that next obstacle is going to be the last one.

I don't initiate violence, I retaliate.

Unfortunately, people are re-interpreting the Constitution as a living document, and it's not. It's a solid-based document and it shouldn't be played with.

In America the schools have become too permissive, the kids now are controlling the schools, the tail is wagging the dog. We've got to make a change there and get it back to where the teachers have control of the classrooms.

I think setting a goal, getting a visual image of what it is you want. You've got to see what it is you want to achieve before you can pursue it.

It's the bullies who are afraid, are the ones that do all the fighting. It's not the secure kids that get out there and fight. It's the insecure kids.

Well, I grew up as a democrat.

Violence is my last option.

I gave my life to the Lord at 12. I was baptized at 12.

I definitely feel I do have God in my corner.

Some of the most miserable people I know are some of the richest people in America, they are the most miserable individuals I've ever seen.

I think you can learn from history.

Whatever luck I had, I made. I was never a natural athlete, but I paid my dues in sweat and concentration and took the time necessary to learn karate and become world champion.

Good morals lead to good laws.

I'm a people's actor, not a critics' actor, and I always have been.

I'm a very religious person.