Where they come from matters. They're products of particular places and environments.

Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.

My highest compliment is when someone comes up to me to say, "My 14-year-old daughter, or my 12-year-old son read your book and loved it." I cannot conceive of a greater compliment than that - to write something that as an adult I find satisfying, but also that manages to reach a curious 13- or 14-year-old.

We need to be clear when we venerate entrepreneurs what we are venerating.They are not moral leaders. If they were moral leaders, they wouldn't be great businessmen.

The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as "steroids.

The act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty.

Instead of thinking about talent as something that you acquire, talent should be thought of as something that you develop.