Chinese parents believe that their kids owe them everything.

Everything I've ever done that's valuable is something I was afraid to try.

A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.

I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.

There's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.

I see my upbringing as a great success story. By disciplining me, my parents inculcated self-discipline. And by restricting my choices as a child, they gave me so many choices in my life as an adult. Because of what they did then, I get to do the work I love now.

Be modest, be humble, be simple.Make sure you come in first so that you have something to be humble about.