The only reason I have the career I have is that I didn't quit.

The message I got from my father was that life is hard, but you just don't quit. I am grateful that I didn't let fear get the best of me. It only holds you back from possibilities and greatness. You've got to kick fear to the side, because the payoff is huge.

No one can take away your pain, so don't let anyone take away your happiness.

I am proud to be a role model for my viewers. I am finding out that helping victims is as or more rewarding the all the awards I win.

I have a more developed sense of my priorities. Life has so much more meaning now.

They say that the average lifespan of an SVU detective is 4 years. People can't do it longer than that because it's so difficult.

Sixty-five percent of Americans don't have the conversation with their children. So you're sending off boys and girls off to college, off to high school, off to wherever they go, and nobody's had the conversation about how to conduct themselves. About a man telling his son how to be a man. How to respect a woman. How do you respect yourself?