Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.

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.

Give yourself permission to dream. Fuel your kids' dreams too. Once in a while, that might even mean letting them stay up past their bedtimes.

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

The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

Just because you're in the driver's seat, doesn't mean you have to run people over.

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.