The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures. The person who knows only success can be more oblivious to all the pitfalls.

The size of your audience doesn't matter. What's important is that your audience is listening.

I've always admired people who are over-prepared.

Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.

Showing gratitude is one of the simplest yet most powerful things humans can do for each other.

You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.

To be cliché, death is a part of life and it's going to happen to all of us. I have the blessing of getting a little bit of advance notice and I am able to optimize my use of time down the home stretch.