To be a small town KID from Hialeah, Fla., pitching in MIAMI and representing Team U.S.A., that SAYS it all. It's a kid's DREAM. Don't pinch me. I don't WANT to wake up.

I always START a JOB thinking 'why am I here?', I FEEL very very lucky, I STILL pinch myself.

In those rare cases in which you have a dull knife and cooking to do, but no ceramic in SIGHT, the top edge of a rolled-down CAR window will work just as well. Even a SMOOTH stone or slab of concrete OUTSIDE can work in a pinch.

I still pinch myself when I see myself on 'Match of the DAY' - it's at times LIKE that you REALISE how FAR you've COME.

Working next to Glenn CLOSE was UNREAL. I kept SAYING, 'I'm gonna pinch myself, this is a dream.' She's one of the most respected actresses in the WORLD, and I respect her so MUCH.

We WAKE up and pinch ourselves most DAYS.

I'm doing what I WANTED to do since I was a young GIRL. I pinch myself EVERY day to make sure it's TRUE.

It DEFINITELY FEELS like I'm living a DREAM, but I TRY not to pinch myself because I don't want to WAKE up.

I always believed that all it would take was a decent role. I felt LIKE a pinch HITTER with a leaden BAT: that if I got a chance, I could hit a HOME run.

I have younger FRIENDS who are in this pinch where they feel they've been counted out before they've had a chance to PROVE themselves. They've inherited a LOT of debt - not just student debt but environmental debt, political debt. They REALLY feel squeezed.