I'm not a victim - I never want to be perceived that way.

Whenever anyone pulls out of the race, you know, unless they've just been trounced in the days before, there's also - always a lot of questions about why that happened.

The worst thing to me would be that you put on the face you think people want to see, and then they don't like it and you think, Would they have liked the real me?

I don't know why someone else's marriage has anything to do with me.

To be perfectly frank, there is an odd place after losing a child, where you think somehow your life is worth less.

But I have found that in the simple act of living with hope, and in the daily effort to have a positive impact in the world, the days I do have are made all the more meaningful and precious. And for that I am grateful.

You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.