The experience of pain or loss can be a formidably motivating force.

The bookends of success are starting and finishing. Decisions help us start; discipline helps us finish.

When you believe in people, you motivate them and release their potential.

Listen twice as much as you speak.

Leadership involves the heavy burden of responsibility, and the fear of getting it wrong can paralyze a leader.

By choosing to embrace and practice good values every day, you choose the higher course in life. And your life goes in a direction that you will always feel good about. You may not always get what you desire, but you will always be the person you desire to be.

If you're not failing, you're probably not really moving forward.