I recently turned fifty, which is young for a tree, mid-life for an elephant, and ancient for a quarter-miler, whose son now says, "Dad, I just can't run the quarter with you anymore, unless I bring something to read."

If you're a parent, the five worst words you can say to your children are, "When I was your age ..." You were never their age. You were older in the womb.

we cannot afford to settle for being just average; we must learn as much as we can to be the best that we can. The key word is education - education with maximum effort. Without it, we cannot be in charge of ourselves or anyone else.

College was a wonderful time - except, of course, when it was trying to teach you things.

You can't compete with Walmart. But you can have smaller businesses that are successful.

When you introduce competition into the public school system, most studies show that schools start to do better when they are competing for students.

Take your bottom lip and pull it over your head.