I have to force myself. Sometimes I forget and it's like, 'Maria, you're not doing nothing. You need to say something. Say something to your team.' Then I'll remember and then it's OK and we'll get going.

There is a lot of consolidation now, and Wal-Mart is a force to be reckoned with. The auto parts industry is still very fragmented. The top five retailers have 33 percent of the do-it-yourself market. There are still lots of mom and pop operations.

I wanted to get back in the work force, but it was so hard.

I ask no favors for my sex.... All I ask of our brethren is that they will take their feet from off our necks.

There's an effort to force them out to more remote locations, which are much worse for the people they're trying to help. They're far removed from jobs and services that people need.

Surely it is much more generous to forgive and remember, than to forgive and forget.