I think the public doesn't understand that one of the reasons I haven't stood up for myself is because in order to do that, I have to stoop to a level that further humiliates other people.

You need to accept responsibility for your mistakes. And I've done that.

I've moved on with my life and I'm trying to find a path to re-establish my career.

Hopefully women can work with [Ivanka Trump ] to influence up the chain of command. I think it's good for us, for women. It's a glimmer of hope.

We have to raise our young boys to respect women and our young girls to demand respect and to get their values from something other than their physicality.

It's reducing my entire professional career and background to this one word [mistress].

I had been sort of a rising star - an athlete, a scholar, a leader. My dream was to become a high-level national security adviser.