Questioning authority is, I think, a great thing to instill in children. I just didn't have enough of that when I was little.

Every day that you don't practice is a day you're getting worse.

The Romans thought of themselves as the chosen people, yet they built the greatest army on Earth by recruiting warriors from any background.

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.

Never complain or make excuses. If something seems unfair, just prove yourself by working twice as hard and being twice as good.

When my kids wanted to give up on things, I wouldn't let them, and those are lifelong lessons.

Oddly enough, I'm not a particularly judgmental person. I just don't have a lot of filtering when I'm in 'tiger mother' mode. I say what comes into my head.