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.

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.

Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.

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.

When there’s an elephant in the room introduce him.

I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.

Be good at something. It makes you valuable.