We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us. We don’t like to think of them as relatively ordinary people who made themselves extraordinary.

Exceptional people convert life's setbacks into future successes.

Teaching is a wonderful way to learn.

Did I win? Did I lose? Those are the wrong questions. The correct question is: Did I make my best effort?” If so, he says, “You may be outscored but you will never lose.

Test scores and measures of achievement tell you where a student is, but they don't tell you where a student could end up.

Vowing, even intense vowing, is often useless. The next day comes and the next day goes. What works is making a vivid, concrete plan.

Praising children’s intelligence harms their motivation and it harms their performance.