When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.

A coach yells at the kid he thinks can improve but the coach will not yell at the kid who he/she knows won't.

I don't believe in the no-win scenario

We can't change it. We have to decide how we'll respond.

Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well. Managing your time well makes you successful!

It's easy to be smart when you are parodying smart people.

Remember how quickly our field [computer science] changes. That's why you want to focus on learning things that don't change: how to work well with other people, how to carefully assess a client's real - as opposed to perceived - needs, and things like that.