Trying to understand the fear I had of truly opening my heart - first, you have to be whole to do that. The fears, the voices in my mind saying, "Oh, you don't want to do that, you might get hurt, they might abandon you - "those are ghost voices from my mom and dad.

pragmatist that I am, I always meet necessity with enthusiasm.

We need women friends, women who challenge us.

Refuse to be afraid that we will no longer be considered attractive and acceptable when we are strong.

Physical fitness is a three-legged stool: strength, aerobic capacity, and flexibility.

In this country, the only way a minority can get anything done is to make a little noise.

I will go to my grave regretting the photograph of me in an anti-aircraft carrier [actually, it was in an anti-aircraft gun emplacement, not a carrier], which looks like I was trying to shoot at American planes. [Actually, that was her intention in posing for the photograph the way she did.] It hurt so many soldiers. It galvanized such hostility. It was the most horrible thing I could possibly have done. It was just thoughtless.