Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals. You’ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn’t going to work.

I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.

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

Never lose the child-like wonder. It’s just too important. It’s what drives us. Help others.

Whatever news we get about the scans, I’m not going to die when we hear it. I won’t die the next day, or the day after that, or the day after that. So today, right now, well this is a wonderful day. And I want you to know how much I’m enjoying it.” I thought about that, and about Jai’s smile. I knew then. That’s the way the rest of my life would need to be lived.

When you do something young enough and you train for it, it just becomes a part of you.

When we're connected to others, we become better people.