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.

It's easy to say young people should believe in themselves, but the number one thing is recognizing that it's a journey, that you have to build confidence in yourself.

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

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

You need to make relationships to help you.

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

Michael Sanchez and I grew up in New Jersey, not far from here, playing soccer together. When I was in high school, I worked to start an organization to help senior citizens, which I learned a great deal from.