It's important not to base your ambition on anybody else's history, but to figure out how best to use your own particular personality and understanding of yourself to help tell other people's stories.

I wanted to be a forest ranger or a coal man. At a very early age, I knew I didn't want to do what my dad did, which was work in an office.

There are a lot of different paths through the jungle, but...the simplest thing you can do is make yourself useful. Be easy to work with, be a hard worker and help people get the job done. And do it with as much passion and quality as you can.

I didn't play much ball. I wasn't much of a ball fan.

I continue to develop some things for myself and also take advantage of good parts as they come along.

I was always very grateful I was never hot. In the entire length of my career, I haven't been the most adored.

Our health relies entirely on the vitality of our fellow species on Earth.