The good Lord made us all out of iron. Then he turns up the heat to forge some of us into steel.

I have great faith in God. Without faith, I don't know how I would have been able to get through what I've been through.

I was so honored when Diane Sawyer named me "Person of the Week," and like I told her, "Diane, I love my daughter." I cried when I found out when she told me she was gay when she was 17 because of the judgment.

You need to be able to manage stress because hard times will come, and a positive outlook is what gets you through.

Tragedy plus time equals humor.

This is a physical thing that is fixable. I know, I'm a survivor. Believe me, there was no way I thought I could survive. There are answers out there that need to be found.

There are some great questions to ask your doctor. If he says 'no,' then you find yourself a different doctor. There really has to be a change in how we medically look at women at this time. I mean, this is not just baby gloom.