Teenagers too often have to deal with loss and death. You had to cope with the untimely death of your brother; how can young people deal with such tr….

The biggest lesson from Africa was that life's joys come mostly from relationships and friendships, not from material things. I saw time and again ho….

Unfortunately, there are so many people who live their whole life in a place that is safe and protected and simple and they don't really have that st….

A good balance of winning and losing is important. If you just win all the time, you won't get anything out of it; having some tough losses can be re….

You need to make relationships to help you..

If I want to continue to build the kind of effort we have with Do Something, being in a public office would help. I wouldn't rule it out, but it's no….

With my new venture, Club Mom, we want to empower moms to feel their value and also build their collective power to make their lives better and easie….

There's no quit in our family. Our dad was the chief proponent of that. [On the set] we were constantly telling each other, Stay true to the story, w….

Young people can be the catalyst for starting the effort to redefine what's important in America..

We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people..

After a devastating loss, your whole perspective shifts, and you're kind of in a blank space. You feel like on one side nothing matters, and on the o….

I'm just kind of taking a break now and enjoying the freedom of making my own choices. When you're on a television show for six years, they run your ….

Winning isn't everything, but playing and competing and striving and going through things can be a lot of fun and really important. As long as you're….

The money was good while it lasted. The best part was clearly that it changed my view of what's possible, as far as thinking how you can have an impa….

Michael Sanchez and I grew up in New Jersey, not far from here, playing soccer together. When I was in high school, I worked to start an organization….

When you have a tough loss, go through it and agonize. I had one loss that I still want to change, but at the same time I realize it is an important ….

I'd never been a teacher before, and here I was starting my first day with these eager students. There was a shortage of teachers, and they had been ….

I found at an early age the times when I learned the most about myself was when I got thrown out there on a stage in front of a microphone when you d….

I was on Oprah's show recently talking about the people who impacted me the most. One was a teacher and one was my soccer coach. I didn't even go int….

The most important role models should and could be parents and teachers. But that said, once you're a teenager you've probably gotten as much of an e….

Life is the most exciting opportunity we have. But we have one shot. You graduate from college once, and that's it. You're going out of that nest. An….