Learning to live in the present tense-one that's free from the failures of the past and the anxieties of the future-is a wonderful gift, and one you always should be striving for.

When you describe passion at any age, passion is derived from everything, from the people you work with to enjoying the last four years.

The only way to get people to like working hard is to motivate them. Today, people must understand why they're working hard. Every individual in an organization is motivated by something different.

Postponing action is only postponing achievement.

A lot of people always use the term, 'I'm so blessed.' Most of it they believe is true.

If you are not willing to work hard and establish discipline in your life, then all your dreams are merely pipe dreams.

At Boston University, I motivated negatively, and I found that although it can work at first, by the end of the year everyone is dying for the year to end and you have lost them. The last two years at BU, I motivated positively and got much better results.