"The most important thing I learned was not to care about what other people think. Just feel good about yourself. Feel happy with yourself. Don't put yourself or others down. Do what you love. Say what you feel."

"I'm more confident than I was. I used to think about what I was going to wear to school and if people were going to laugh at me. Now, I don't care. I'm just going to school. I'm confident."

"Participating in Girls on the Run changed me because I used to think about popularity. I didn't really know a lot about teamwork. I used to think about myself a lot. Now, I just want to be myself. I'm more patient with teamwork and I found out that I'm good at it."

"I miss going to a place I know nobody will put me down or laugh at me for what I wear. At school, somebody will be mean. At Girls on the Run, nobody's really mean. They're nice. It's a nice place to kind of just be."

"From the second time I went I felt like I liked the girls. This is a good place to be. I like it. I'm so excited. I look forward to it. It's not like, 'Oh, no — I have to go.'"

"I'm me. I am who I am. It helped me think of others and how they feel. It helped me relate to the world around me."

"I look at beautiful as inside, how you feel about yourself, not what you wear or if you're popular."

"I felt great when I went, even if I started out saying, 'I'm so tired.' Afterwards, I'd feel so good about myself — just great."

"Girls on the Run lets you make new friends, boost your self esteem, be active, talk about your problems and have fun at the same time."

"Girls on the Run was really fun and rewarding. It made me feel good. It was cool when we finished the 5K."

"I learned about being nice to others, having confidence in myself, being friends with others. Now I try harder in gym."

"I learned that you shouldn't sit in front of the TV all day. It's not good for you. Eat healthy. It's better to be confident in yourself and kind to others."

"The girls were nice. Most had a lot of energy. It was fun to be around them. We all kind of changed. We became more confident. It felt really good. I thought it would be really hard and it was — but it was worth it. I'm glad that I was in it."

"We learned about inner beauty. It's not what you look like on the outside but how you feel on the inside that makes you beautiful. I kind of knew that, but it helped me realize it more."

"I became more confident and set higher goals for myself and tried to achieve them. My goals were to get higher grades and be nicer to my sisters."

"We learned about friendship and being nicer to people — what you can do for people who don't have a lot of friends to make them feel good."

"I'm better at running and staying healthier now. I used to love candy, but now I don't eat as much."

Girls on the Run teaches teamwork and cooperation