The size of your audience doesn't matter. What's important is that your audience is listening.

When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.

It's very important to know when you're in a pissing match. And it's very important to get out of it as quickly as possible.

Look for the best in everybody

Go out and do for others what somebody did for you.

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.

I know you're smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn't enough. The kind of people I want on my research team are those who will help everyone feel happy to be here.