Try to have as diverse group of friends as possible and don't get into the the clique scenario.

You start to think bigger when you see how quickly a TV show can catch on in a whole country. That confidence, and thinking big, opened a lot of doors.

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.

We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.

Life is the most exciting opportunity we have.

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 we're young we have a very clear vision of how life is supposed to be, and it all seems very neatly packaged.