The biggest lesson from Africa was that life's joys come mostly from relationships and friendships, not from material things. I saw time and again how much fun Africans had with their families and friends and on the sports fields. they laughed all the time.

After a devastating loss, your whole perspective shifts, and you're kind of in a blank space. You feel like on one side nothing matters, and on the other side a freedom because nothing matters.

When you start suppressing feelings at an early age, it hurts you down the road. Full expression of anger and pain is very important.

There are 80 million moms in the United States. Forty million stay at home with their children.

I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go into my family, who had the most influence.

I have amazing friends who have led inspirational lives.

Young people can be the catalyst for starting the effort to redefine what's important in America.