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.

I know you're smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn't enough. The kind of people I want on my research team are those who will help everyone feel happy to be here.

The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures.

Sometimes all you have to do is ask, and it can lead to all your dreams coming true.

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

We have a finite amount of time. Whether short or long, it doesn't matter. Life is to be lived.

The best gift an educator can give is to get somebody to become self reflective.