It's a thrill to fulfill your own childhood dreams, but as you get older, you may find that enabling the dreams of others is even more fun.

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.

People are more important than things.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.

Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

I've always admired people who are over-prepared.

Look for the best in everybody