Everyone has to face obstacles. Everybody has to face hurdles. It's what you do with those that determines how successful you're going to be.

The way you think influences the way you feel, and the way you feel determines how you act.

For our senior picture, they said, 'Black or navy blazer.' And I thought, Why do I want to look like everybody else?

It seems everybody has been somehow affected by cancer, either through a relative or a close friend or somewhere, and they know how devastating cancer can be. And they see me, and I refuse to let it affect how I live and what I do.

Time is something that cannot be bought; it cannot be wagered with God, and it is not in endless supply, Time is simply how you live your life.

A lot of the hurdles we would face were made very apparent to us.