Build an organization that can tackle the tough things and keep moving.

You have to be prepared to think outside the box...Stand back and think about what we could do creativity. We've got to do that to push the field forward.

Let's stop teaching to the middle and start teaching to the student.

It's easy to have faith when everything is going great. The real test of faith is when you're facing something that only your faith in God will get you through.

When kids know that you refuse to let them fail ... they don't give up as easy. So sometimes they don't have it inside, [but] they're like,'You know, I don't want to do this, but I know my mother's going to be mad.'That matters to kids, and it helps get them through.

I want to be a children’s hero… Children need heroes because heroes give hope; without hope they have no future.

Movies portray men as tough guys.