Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.

So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win.

A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.

The media only report stupid or careless answers, not stupid or unfair questions.

Politics is different, because the mission is always to get the necessary votes. A good politician goes through everything in terms of mission and vision, and resourcing, but at the end of the day politicians have to make compromises in order to achieve consensus.

We hope that more assistance will be available to the nations of the region, to include Egypt, on the three pillars that I discussed today: civic society development, education and economic development.

Trying to get everyone to like you is a sign of mediocrity.