Any crusade requires optimism and the ambition to aim high

Sometimes it's very difficult to find fresh fruit on the road.

I grew up around books. When I first held the book and it was a substantive, tangible thing, and I thought of all the work that went into it, not just my work but everybody else's and the research and so forth, there's a sense of really have done something worthwhile.

The best museums and museum exhibits about science or technology give you the feeling that, hey, this is interesting, but maybe I could do something here, too.

You look at things you enjoy in your life, but much more important is what you can do to make the world a better place.

Traditionally, Seattle has been a great sports town and great football town. What the Huskies have achieved over the years has been pretty amazing. That's how I got my first taste of football - when I went with my father to Husky Stadium.

I'm a very private person that prefers a low profile.