My happiness isn't connected to my husband's or my boss's or my children's behavior. You have control over your own actions, your own well-being.

Much of what we do with our kids is social and that's good, and we shouldn't stop all that. I mean, how boring would it be that, no, we can't eat anything out so we're just going to go home and sit in the closet and wait to the next day.

Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.

Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals.

Fortunately, we have help from the media. I have to say this: I'm very grateful for the support and kindness that we've gotten. People have respected their privacy and in that way, I think, you know, no matter what people may feel about my husband's policies or what have you, they care about children and that's been good to see.

The realities are that, you know, as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, you know.

Our kids didn't do this to themselves. They don't decide the sugar content in soda or the advertising content of a television show. Kids don't choose what's served to them for lunch at school, and shouldn't be deciding what's served to them for dinner at home. And they don't decide whether there's time in the day or room in the budget to learn about healthy eating or to spend time playing outside.