When I went to Philadelphia I was 26 years old and really sitting on top of the world. Family life, a professional career, plenty of friends and associates, and a good reputation, a wish list that could be the envy of many.

One of the most predictable things in life is there will be change. You are better off if you can have a say in the change. But you are ignorant or naive if you don't think there will be change, whether you want it to or not.

Goals determine what you're going to be.

Teachers are sort of faced with a thankless task, because no matter how good they are, unless they find a way to personally rationalize the rewards of their effort, nobody else is really going to do it for them en masse.

If you get depressed about being the second-best team in the world, then you've got a problem.

I pulled the plug on it at a time that I thought was right for me to exit.

When the crowd appreciates you, it encourages you to be a little more daring, I think.