After September 11, I don't think people really believe things like this are all that important.

True motivation is not getting people to play to their potential. It's getting people to play beyond their potential

Make incremental progress, change comes not by the yard, but by the inch.

I just don't deal with the negativity. I can't get involved in that side of it. I don't understand it, and you can't let it take away from your life and what you are trying to do.

I learned quickly that motivating people would be the most important responsibility of my career.

Set higher standards for your own performance than anyone else around you, and your only competition will be with yourself

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.