"I've learned that if you want something, you have to work for it. There are no shortcuts to success."

"I believe that equality is the most important thing a person can have. And I believe that equality can bring us all together."

"I'm not a victim. I'm a survivor. And I'm not going to be a victim of America, or of racism, or of sexism, or of ageism, or of any other -ism."

"My mother said, 'If you can't be a bridge, be a plank.' I thought that was a rather ingenious way of putting it."

"I believe that integrity is the most important thing a person can have. And I believe that integrity can make you strong."