I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for; perfection is God's business.

Acceptance doesn't mean resignation; it means understanding that something is what it is and that there's got to be a way through it.

My experience is to deal with things through humor.

There are things I've always wanted to do. Things I may not be able to do, but I never really ruled them out - like running a marathon. It's all a matter of timing for me. I suppose I could probably do it if I planned it out right with medication. I don't set a whole lot of goals. It smacks a little bit of will to me, and I find that will is not the way to go for me.

My wife is Jewish, and therefore, it's my children's birthright to be Jewish.

I find as long as I acknowledge the truth of something, then that's it. I know what it is and then I can operate. But if I overestimate the downside of something or the challenge of something and I get too obsessed about the difficulty of it, then I don't leave enough room to be open to the upside, the possibility.

The only thing worse than an opportunity you don't deserve is blowing an opportunity.