It's really important that as women we tell our stories. That is what helps seed our imaginations.
~ Ann Bancroft
A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.
I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.
I wanted to be a teacher, but I was a lousy student, one of the slowest readers. It was a tremendous struggle. But I'm lucky I had some teachers who saw something in me.
I get stubborn and dig in when people tell me I can't do something and I think I can. It goes back to my childhood when I had problems in school because I have a learning disability.
I do not think about being beautiful. What I devote most of my time to is being healthy.
The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it.
Getting through high school and college was one of my greatest achievements.
