Barack Obama was a black man that lived on the South Side of Chicago, who had his share of troubles catching cabs.

I was blessed throughout my entire career. I had people rooting for me. It started with my parents, but it extended to almost every teacher that I had. Even when I was a young lawyer, there were other women and men in the firm who took me under their wing.

Do not ever let anyone make you feel like you don't matter, or like you don't have a place in our American story - because you do.

My first job in all honesty is going to continue to be mom-in-chief. Making sure that in this transition, which will be even more of a transition for the girls... that they are settled and that they know they will continue to be the center of our universe.

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.

Barack Obama was always special, you know? And not special, like, He's gonna be important, he's gonna be president. He was special in terms of his honesty, his sincerity, his compassion for other people.

Not everybody is going to run a marathon or do a triathlon. It's not necessary to do that to be in good health.