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.
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.
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 didn`t really want to be out there, where you`re kind of afraid.