Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we're scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don't have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

Whether an illness affects your heart, your leg or your brain, it's still an illness, and there should be no distinction.

At the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you who you are.

That's where you just have to get creative. There are all these trampoline parks and there's bowling and there's roller skating.

Talking is good. Conversations have to be forever.

Over the years I've become more confident in people's ability to recognize a good thing.

Celebrating the holidays in the White House over these past eight years has been a true privilege. We've been able to welcome over half a million guests... our outstanding pastry chefs have baked 200,000 holiday cookies... and Barack [Obama] has treated the American people to countless dad jokes.