If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.

Coach Graham rode you pretty hard, didn't he?" he said. I could barely muster a "yeah." That's a good thing," the assistant told me. When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, it means they've given up on you.

Remember brick walls let us show our dedication. They are there to separate us from the people who don't really want to achieve their childhood dreams.

We don't beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well.

Be willing to apologize. Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I'm sorry that I hurt you. 3) How do I make it better? It's the third part that people tend to forget. Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.

If I was able to tell my story with the passion I felt, my lecture might help others find a path to fulfilling their own dreams.

A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.