My job is to awaken possibility in other people.

I'm so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can't play great music unless your heart's been broken.

It is the tuning of the universe... It's as if at the beginning of the symphony God turns up the volume just a tiny bit.

My job is to awaken possibility in other people.

This is the moment — this is the most important moment right now. Which is: We are about contribution. That’s what our job is. It’s not about impressing people. It’s not about getting the next job. It’s about contributing something.

I have a definition of success.

The major difference between the 'best' and the 'average' is that the 'best' get as much pleasure from practice as performance.