Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me.

Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic.

My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS.

I believe in myself as I look forward to graduating from Hamilton Heights High School in 1991.

Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.

I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere.

Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it.

On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS.

Financial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M.

I came face to face with death at thirteen years old.

AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but luckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don't give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself.

When you live for others' opinions, you are dead. I don't want to live thinking about how I'll be remembered.

I'm about to challenge for the Maryland Cup in the next couple of years, as an owner, a trainer, and a rider.

Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favorable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

I'm really concerned that 'too big to fail' has become 'too big for trial'.

Most people don't need to work as hard as I do.

That is why we live in a world where there are so many wars and so much destruction. This is an arena of power.

Set goals that are BOLD enough to scare you, but inspiring and exciting enough for you to commit 100% to!

I consider that my best performance ever was as Peer Gynt.

It's the scale that Yahoo brings - and that user base - that I really want to build products for.

My very first acting gig was in a movie for Russ Parr. He did this movie called "Love for Sale," and that was my first role in any film.