I was afraid of just about everything in this world, with the possible exception of my mother and I wasn't too sure about her.
If I can go from burglar for the government to talk show host, you can go from entertainer to congressman.
Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.
They were afraid, never having learned what I taught myself: Defeat the fear of death and welcome the death of fear.