Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.

Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.

You must learn from your past mistakes, but not lean on your past successes.

You have all the reason in the world to achieve your grandest dreams. Imagination plus innovation equals realization.

Since my article in 'Women's Health' came out, I have had so many conversations with women about their own battles with cancer, and it feels so empowering to open up this dialogue and learn from each other.

Through sickness and through health' sounds so simple on your wedding day, but in reality, they become significant words that are a huge responsibility and show true character to navigate.

If anything, the genuine human struggles in 'Sicko' raise questions about our society that run much deeper than what passes for political discourse today. Why does such a rich nation let people suffer and die without health care?

If I were rewriting 'Love, Medicine & Miracles,' I might consider changing its title to 'The Side Effects of Cancer.' Healing is hard work, as is any change one must make in one's life. I and others have learned, however, that the side effects of cancer may not all be bad ones.