The road hasn't ALWAYS been paved for me. People identify with that. EVERYBODY passes through hard TIMES, and I think that's part of my APPEAL - that I have, too.

If you have a DIFFICULT MARRIAGE, it's the HARD times that make it better. If you have a relationship, it's the hard times that ACTUALLY make it better, and that goes for life as WELL.

I always wanted to play a boxer because some of my FAVORITE films, as a boy, were those GREAT boxing MOVIES, like 'Raging BULL', 'Rocky', 'The Set Up', 'Fat City and HARD Times'. I just loved those films.

The fans know what's HAPPENED to me over the PAST couple of YEARS. I lost my family. I PRETTY much got devastated financially and the fans know that I've had some hard times - and that's the nature of loyal fans. They want to see the people that they love and BELIEVE in get back on their feet.

My optimism has helped me through some HARD TIMES. If you try to send out good THINGS, good things come BACK to you.

I do like a LOT of the '70s MOVIES. I LOVE Charles Bronson in 'Hard Times.' All my favorite movies where ones from yesteryear. The '70s was a GOOD era. I love all those.

I BELIEVE that no MATTER what you believe, you're GOING to GO through hard TIMES.

Our veterans who fall on hard times and find themselves without a home DESERVE more than just handwringing or KIND WORDS. They deserve real help that gets them BACK on their feet.

Hard times is not being able to get a fight. Hard times is, knowing the company, WAKING up one DAY and seeing they been SOLD to your competitor, not knowing what you're going to do. Where's my contract at? Where's my MONEY? Where's my SECURITY?

There's SOMETHING brave and touching about game GIRLS of all ages keeping themselves smart in hard times - one thinks of those wonderful women during World War II DRAWING stocking seams in eyebrow pencil up the back of legs stained with gravy browning because nylons were so hard to GET hold of.

I WISH I could write more make-believe. It's a lot EASIER to write about hard times and when things are GOING wrong. But I've never been a PRIVATE person.

I can't be ALONE in SAYING that humor has GOTTEN me through some hard TIMES in my life.