Want to have a short phone call with someone? Call them at 11:55 a.m., right before lunch. They'll talk fast. You may think you are interesting, but you are not more interesting than lunch.

The questions are always more important than the answers.

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

The number one goal of teachers should be to help students learn how to learn.

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

We need to make sure our students are exerting themselves. We need to praise them when they deserve it and to tell them honestly when they have it in them to work harder.

Put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others.