"All I wanted to do with my life was to write about sports and I never imagined it would take me this far. The team with me is second to none. Now, we ball."
The town hall also dominated that night in cable news among adults 25-54, more than doubling its time slot competitor from FNC, Life, Liberty and Levin.
The former New Jersey governor, who entered the race on Tuesday, becomes the latest in a long line of Republican hopefuls to sit down with voters on CNN.
"All I wanted to do with my life was to write about sports and I never imagined it would take me this far. The team with me is second to none. Now, we ball."