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.

Michelle and Barack Obama

They can last years."

Pick a partner as if you were “picking your basketball team.”

She said, “We’d have better marriages.

Michelle and Barack Obama

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.