As much as Parkinson's is about movement, the end stage is being frozen. So the more I let that happen, the more I'm gonna be stuck within that and unable to reverse it.

I always feel very connected to Canada. My reference for everything is my Canadian background, my life in Canada. Particularly on this issue of refugee immigration: I couldn't be prouder of Canada.

Our challenges don’t define us, our actions do.

I think I benefited from being equal parts ambitious and curious. And of the two, curiosity has served me best.

Discipline is just doing the same thing the right way whether anyone's watching or not.

Acceptance is the key to everything.

Teenagers blithely skip off to uncertain futures, while their parents sit weeping curbside in the Volvo, because the adolescent brain isn't yet formed enough to recognize and evaluate risk.