“I am living proof that the American dream still exists. It is still alive and well. There is only one trick, you have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and work very, very hard.”

“Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.”

“But I have a good life. I enjoy what I do. I am married to work.”

“And where I excel is ridiculous, sickening, work ethic. You know, while the other guy's sleeping? I'm working.”

“I'm going to work so that it's a pure guts race at the end, and if it is, I am the only one who can win it.”

“You don't have to twist my arm to work.”

“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.”

“Many people mistake our work for our vocation. Our vocation is the love of Jesus.”

“Nothing ever comes to one, that is worth having, except as a result of hard work.”