Because you’re such a good salesman, and if you go work for a company, they’re going to use you as a salesman. If you’re going to be a salesman, you might as well be selling something worthwhile, like education

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.

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.

If you can find an opening, you can probably find a way to float through it.

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.

When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.

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.