I do miss the people in the audience and the fun: "I came with my mother! And this is my mother!" I miss that. I miss: "My cousin and I came all the way from...." I miss that. I don't miss this - who is left to interview?

Lasting joy is found not in what you get, but in what you give.

You are not the product of your circumstances. You are a composite of all the things you believe, and all the places you believe you can go. Your past does not define you. You can step out of your history and create a new day for yourself. Even if the entire culture is saying, "You can't." Even if every single possible bad thing that can happen to you does. You can keep going forward.

Life isn't just about what you can have; it's about what you have to give, what kind of person do you want to be?

I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.

You want to be in the driver’s seat of your own life because if you are not, life will drive you.

Make yourself a priority. Fill yourself up so that you can give more to others.