So, we have choice, and sometimes it seems very hard, but the best way to heal physically or emotionally is to keep positive.

I love to dance. I can dance for, like, four or five hours nonstop without even drinking water. It's a beautiful, beautiful thing.

My secret passion is motorbikes. I want a Kawasaki Ninja.

If we focus on the minuses, we go down the spiral. But if we are able to focus on the pluses, we can become stronger and put more meaning into our life.

I used to work all the time, and now if there is a wedding, there's a concert, I'm there.

I was so afraid to even read a paper in front of my classmates. It is very funny because at that point my teachers would never have believed that I could speak in front of an audience of over 2,000 people.

We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn't have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness.