She recently opened up about some of the more difficult periods intheir relationshiponThe Michelle Obama Podcast(viaPeople).
But that doesn’t mean you quit.
And these periods can last a long time.

They can last years."
Pick a partner as if you were “picking your basketball team.”
She said, “We’d have better marriages.

You don’t want any weak links, you don’t want somebody that you might dominate.
I don’t shoot, I don’t defend, I just dribble.'”
This is far from the first time Obama has been so frank about her marriage.