If you’re going to have childhood dreams you should have great parents who let you pursue them and express your creativity

The best gift an educator can give is to get somebody to become self reflective.

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.

If I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can't do today.

You can always change you plan, but only if you have one.

Experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.

I’d compare college tuition to paying for a personal trainer at an athletic club. We professors play the roles of trainers, giving people access to the equipment (books, labs, our expertise) and after that, it is our job to be demanding.