And I always found that the harder I worked, the better my luck was, because I was prepared for that.

I will not go into a story unprepared. I will do my homework, and that's something I learned at an early age.

You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.

You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

Be prepared, work hard, and hope for a little luck. Recognize that the harder you work and the better prepared you are, the more luck you might have.

As a child, I loved to read books. The library was a window to the world, a pathway to worlds and people far from my neighborhood in Philadelphia.

I always felt more emotionally attached to Cambodia than I did to Vietnam.