Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well. Managing your time well makes you successful!

A lot of people want a shortcut. I find the best shortcut is the long way, which is basically two words: work hard.

Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good talks. But being considered the best speaker in the computer science department is like being known as the tallest of the Seven Dwarfs.

When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a very bad place to be. Your critics are the ones telling you they still love you and care.

Brick walls are there for a reason. They give us a chance to show how badly we want

A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.

Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.