One of my proudest moments came five years after I'd been asked to give a speech to the seniors at my old high school, Rangitoto College. I talked about the fact that I'd never won a prize of any sort at school, and while I'd done OK, I certainly wasn't someone who was marked out for bigger things. Years later, a woman came up to me and told me that she'd been in the audience that day and after hearing me, she decided she would go to law school, too. She'd just graduated, and she came up to thank me for making her believe that she could. I have to say, I was lost for words that our stories could have such an impact, but they do.