Michael Sanchez And I Grew Up In

When We're Young We Have A Very Clear Vision Of How Life Is Supposed To Be, And It All Seems Very Neatly Packaged.

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 Without A Math Teacher For Six Months. They Were So Excited To Learn Math.

Life Is The Most Exciting Opportunity We Have.

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 How Much Fun Africans Had With Their Families And Friends And On The Sports Fields. They Laughed All The Time.

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 Into My Family, Who Had The Most Influence.