It wasn't conscious, but I'm glad I've had a slow and steady career path. I wanted to develop my style, and I wanted to be the one making the decisions. Sometimes, when you become a success quickly, those decisions are out of your control.

You want a career. You don't want to do a couple of good films and then your career is over.

I was very, very shy in public and school, and quite loud and brash at home.

I'm tall now, but when I was younger, I used to tower above everyone - I still feel conscious of that.

I'm just trying to get those marquee victories and continue to get those accomplishments so when the time comes and the vote is cast, hopefully my spot is secured in the Boxing Hall of Fame.

I think most superhero stories have already been done a million times.

The other day they asked me about mandatory drug testing. I said I believed in drug testing a long time ago. All through the sixties I tested everything.

Before being elected to Congress, I oversaw the Cook County Hospital System as a Cook County Commissioner for 10 years.