Going from 300 pounds to 150 pounds was the biggest change of my whole life.

My husband and I are best of friends first and foremost. We fight like cats and dogs, but never stay mad for long. I was lucky to find him, he is in every way, my soulmate.

I have willpower and determination. I am very resilient, like rock.

We all come from dysfunctional families and these days I guess that's pretty normal.

Certain foods no longer agree with me. If I eat French fries, I might feel sick to my stomach.

I realized that I have to slow down. I work so hard, I'm so busy.

I am always cautious.

I have a child to feed and a spirit that can't be crushed, so I'm able to move ahead.

I started doing yoga.

It's not just being overweight that's dangerous. Stress is dangerous.

If I'm known as the girl that lost weight and it's been six years later and I've still kept off the 110 pounds, God bless. Because I never kept off 100 pounds before in my life.

The real lessons is the reality of living life.

Even in societies where words are often strictly controlled, messages diverse never die. Resembling seeds scattered here and there, they find all manner of cracks and crevices to root.

No man who has not sat in the assemblies of men can know the light odd and uncertain ways in which decisions are often arrived at.

You just have to have the right gear and a few people to put you in motion with a good aesthetic and the film will take care of itself.

You'll never learn how to do your endings until you FINISH your endings.

Christ wants us to have a child's heart but a grown-up's head.

I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family feud.

Math is the language of the universe. So the more equations you know, the more you can converse with the cosmos.

Getting the degree meant more to me than an NCAA title, being named All-American or winning an Olympic gold medal.