Luck is indeed where preparation meets opportunity.
We don't beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well.
Never underestimate the importance of having fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day because there's no other way to play it.
If you have a question, then find the answer.
If I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can't do today.
I'm a professor - there should be some lessons learned - and how you can use the stuff you hear today to enable your dreams or enable the dreams of others. And as you get older you may find that enabling-the-dreams-of-others thing is even more fun.