Everybody in the world knew I was before I knew who I was.

I can get sad, I can get frustrated, I can get scared, but I never get depressed - because there's joy in my life.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

I've never gotten up to see something one of my kids wanted to show me and not been rewarded.

Certainly people have a lot tougher situations than I've had to deal with. But I will say we are all dying from the moment we are born. This is not just rehearsal.

I don't have any affirmations, I don't have any of that stuff. My natural state is to look at things as possibilities and as opportunities.

I remember my son wanted to go to bed with his cowboy boots on, and we had this fight for like an hour. Then I realized that the only good reason I had for him not to do it is because I didn't want him to. There was really no other reason. And finally I said, "OK, fine." It was a great victory for me, because I realized it doesn't really matter.