‘“You can be just a normal person who gets up every morning and goes to work. But you can be a difference-maker, putting a smile on those faces. My kids, my friends, when they came in to see me (at the hospital), not once did they ever have a frown on their face. So I urge anybody out there, if you have somebody out there who’s suffering — it doesn’t have to be cancer, it can be somebody not having a good day, it could be your mom, your dad, it could be your grandparents — what you say to them and the smile that you have on your face, that can be the difference between them making it to the next day. Remember that. Always, always persevere.”’