You do not have to be superhuman to do what you believe in.

I love making people smile. I get so much energy through interacting and feeling like I've made a difference, a small difference.

I try not to take for granted how lucky we are to have life and breath and opportunity. Once we've got that, we can conquer anything.

I love being in the moment. I love my family. I love chocolate. I love baking.

Number one, I absolutely love making chocolate chip cookies. I mean, it's fun. It's exciting. Beyond the fact that I love making them, I love eating them.

All I need as payment is a smile. That just really pushes me forward so that I'm always capturing the next opportunity to develop myself.

What really fueled me, and maybe infuriated me, is that nobody believed in me. Nobody. I don't even think I believe in myself. Part of what I was trying to do was to make the decision to go into business and find the guts to see it through. I was told that when I went in to see the bankers that I was supposed to be very muted, that I was supposed to blend in, that I was supposed to have the typical drab suit on.