Elizabeth Smart: "We all have our trials and we all experience hard times, but I don't think we should ever let it disable us from doing what we want to do."

"Talk about resilience, she really is an amazing young woman" -- Meredith Vieira

"Every time I hear her and I've read what she has said, it's hard to imagine that she has held herself together the way she has." -- Matt Lauer

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