Diane Allen

"I never cried about the cancer, or anything else, but I did that day."

"There were a lot of votes, as I look back, that were pretty big and important."

"I’m not looking back because there’s so much going forward that I need to get my arms around."

"I’m a fairly spiritual person, and I’ve felt I’ve been led to every job I’ve had."

"When you’re in government, there’s so much stuff that sometimes you don’t see as clearly — the specific needs and issues — because there’s so much fog that gets injected into each issue. And I think I’m able again to go back to the basics of where I was when I started in this business, which is: I’m here to represent my constituents and make life better for them. Pretty simple."

"I thought it was so unfair that they didn’t have the kind of support that we did in Moorestown, and that we should find a way to help them."

"They wanted a more youthful look. I was anchoring with men who had white hair."

"For women, once your age exceeds your bra size, they take you off the air."

"She’s been a competitor all her life, and she’s been a competitor against that disease"