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

The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.

You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.

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 you want something bad enough, never give up (and take a boost when offered).

If I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can't do today.

Anybody out there who is a parent, if your kids want to paint their bedrooms,as a favor to me, let them do it. It'll be OK.