Jill Biden

My students have shown me so many times that it's not always about being the perfect person in the perfect position - it's about showing up when you're needed.

I love the women who are coming back to school and getting their degrees because they're so focused.

Well, I'm a runner, and I have to run with Secret Service - even though they can run twice as fast. It took me a while to get used to running with them, because I love the solitary aspect of it. So I have two rules. First, I can't hear their feet. And second, I can't see their shadows.

It was important to me that Beau and Hunter felt our family was whole, and that meant we got to define our relationship, not anyone else.

I'm a gardener, and I love to plant.

On the campaign trail, I have the opportunity to meet people from all walks of life - from residents at a battered women's shelter to mentally handicap children to retirees - and learn about their lives and struggles.

I am not a speaker. The more you do it, the easier it becomes, but I always want to be prepared, and I always practice my speeches; I never do it off the cuff.

My students are working one, sometimes two jobs. They have kids. They're going school. They're dealing with real everyday problems. They are inspiring because they're trying to get ahead and make a better life for themselves and their kids.

Life is difficult, and if you sit around waiting for fun to show up, you'll find yourself going without it more often than not.

So many people in my life need prayers, and I feel like I owe that to them. After all, in heaven, we feed each other.

Cancer has been a dark thread that has run throughout my life. It's taken my friends, my parents. My beautiful son.

Life is change.