if you offer wisdom from a third party, it seems less arrogant and more acceptable.

It's easy to be smart when you are parodying smart people.

Luck is indeed where preparation meets opportunity.

Coach Graham rode you pretty hard, didn't he?" he said. I could barely muster a "yeah." That's a good thing," the assistant told me. When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, it means they've given up on you.

It's not how hard you hit. It's how hard you get hit... and keep moving forward.

Take Time Out. It's not a real vacation if you're reading email or calling in for messages.

The great thing about working out at a gym is that if you put in effort, you get very obvious results. The same should be true of college. A professor’s job is to teach students how to see their minds growing in the same way they can see their muscles grow when they look in a mirror.