Women somehow get portrayed as one type. You're either a feminist or you're not. You're a working woman or you're not. I'm raising two girls, and I say to them, 'I need you to be strong and soft. You can be smart and beautiful... You can be all of these things.'

It takes time to get to the top, and that's good - because by the time you get there, you'll have learned what you need to know in order to stay there.

Comparing how you feel on the inside (bad) to the way someone else looks on the outside (great) is a losing proposition. It's an impossible standard.

The love and laughter are what you need most in your life. They'll fill out all the potholes in the road.

I don't believe in gutter politics. I don't believe in gutter journalism.

Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.

Motherhood: 24/7 on the frontlines of humanity. Are you man enough to try it?