The biggest problem with dyslexic kids is not the perceptual problem, it is their perception of themselves. That was my biggest problem.

You have to train your mind like you train your body.

If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?

There was a French activist and writer, Simone de Beauvoir, who said, 'You are not born woman. You become one' ... Words I live by.

Have an open mind and an open heart. I'm not this bad person. I'm just doing what I have to do.

I'm not stuck in anybody's body. I'm me.

If I was lying on my deathbed and I had kept this secret and never ever did anything about it, I would be lying there saying, 'You just blew your entire life.'