People are more important than things.

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.

There's a lot of talk these days about giving children self-esteem. It's not something you can give; it's something they have to build. Coach Graham worked in a no-coddling zone. Self-esteem? He knew there was really only one way to teach kids how to develop it: You give them something they can't do, they work hard until they find they can do it, and you just keep repeating the process.

Anything is possible, and that’s something we should not lose sight of. The inspiration and the permission to dream is huge.

There's a limit to how many times you can read how great you are and what an inspiration you are, but I'm not there yet.

Earnestness is highly underestimated. It comes from the core, while hip is trying to impress you on the surface.

Show gratitude. Gratitude is a simple but powerful thing.