We've got a responsibility to live up to the legacy of those who came before us by doing all that we can to help those who come after us.

My kids are normal. If they could eat burgers and fries and ice cream every day, they would. And so would I. But that doesn't sustain us.

Talking is good. Conversations have to be forever.

Know that America belongs to you, to all of you.

Every day, through engagement in the arts, our children learn to open their imagination, to dream just a little bigger and to strive every day to reach those dreams.

And that's my message to voters, this isn't about Barack, it's not about person on that ballot -- its about you. And for most of the people we are talking to [blacks], a Democratic ticket is the clear ticket that we should be voting on, regardless of who said what or did this -- that shouldn't even come into the equation.

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