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

Go out and do for others what somebody did for you.

It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.

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.

Randy Pausch on time management: Here's what I know: Time must be explicitly managed, like money. You can always change your plan, but only if you have one. Ask yourself: Are you spending your time on the right things? Develop a good filing system. Rethink the telephone. Delegate. Take a time out. Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think.

I was trying to put myself in a bottle that would one day wash up on the beach for my children. If I were a painter, I would have painted for them. If I were a musician, I would have composed music. But I am a lecturer. So I lectured.

Advice is very easy to give, and even easier not to follow, so I don't fool with it.