People don't realize how hard we work. You're on your feet all day working shoulder to shoulder with the crew.

She was working at McDonald's near Fowler and Nebraska and said I should come to work there. I was about 20.

Despite his infirmities, Strom Thurmond showed up to work every day and did not miss a Senate vote in his final year, though no one is sure if a shouted "Bingo!" counted as a yea or a nay.

I'm very lucky to work with people who knew what to do,

I think some people are picturing this overnight development, and it doesn't work that way.

But now that I've matured, I've realized that - at the end of the day - what's really important is the work, not what people think of me.