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The very fact that I became mayor in 1977 conveys how you can't figure out what the people will do. Nobody thought I would be elected. When I entered I got four percent of the vote in the first poll, four percent.

I've been mayor for five years. I've led a city. And directed a police department. I know how to use resources.

I want to be a mayor who helped, really helped.

I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand where the state line is.

But despite the challenges, I love being your Mayor.

The job of mayor and Governor is becoming more and more like the job of university president, which I used to be; it looks like you are in charge, but you are not.

I've done eight years as mayor of London. I enjoyed it hugely; it was a massive privilege.

The true privilege of being Mayor is that I have the opportunity to be everyone's neighbor.

Mayors could never get away with the kind of nonsense that goes on in Washington. In our world, you either picked up the trash or you didn't. You either moved an abandoned car or you didn't. You either filled a pothole or you didn't. That's what we do every day. And we know how to get this stuff done.