Tonight, tonight we've reached a milestone in our nation's march toward a more perfect union: the first time that a major party has nominated a woman for president. Standing here, standing here as my mother's daughter, and my daughter's mother, I'm so happy this day has come.

That first handoff, it was like, whew, the sky's the limit. At the time, you couldn't have told me we weren't looking at 2,000 yards. But things happen. That keeps you humble and keeps you hungry. It lets you know you can't get the big head. I'd like to think that our struggles last year, being 6-10, made us all better.

I think there should be an analysis of what happened. The time to do that is after some time passes,

This nation is really ready for a woman president. It's taken time, but we're ready.

At the end of the day, you know, love does not happen between two perfect people as much as we would wish.

The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description... You have to create it for yourself.