More than ever, the world needs good engineers. However, the pool of talent is shrinking not growing.

I think we have a society which is spending more and more of its money on healthcare as a percent of GDP as a percent of a lot of things. I think that's a measure of success.

We live in a world where virtually everybody expects there's going to be some reasonable therapy for virtually any situation.

My biggest worry is I'm running out of time and energy. Thirty years ago I thought 10 years was a really long time.

The city needs a car like a fish needs a bicycle.

Sporting competitions seem to be what we obsess over, frankly. So if we can put engineering, science, technology into a format of healthy, fun competition, we can attract all sorts of kids that might not see the kind of activity we do as accessible or rewarding.

[Chuck's wife] was standing behind me at the time and she said, 'Chuck hasn't fed himself in 19 years. So, you've got a choice: We keep the arm, or you keep Chuck.'