To do great things, we need to be able to endure tragedy and setbacks. We've got to love what we do and all that it entails, good and bad. We have to learn to find joy in every single thing that happens.

The Germans have a word for it: Sitzfleisch. Staying power. Winning by sticking your ass to the seat and not leaving until after it's over.

There is no good or bad without us, there is only perception. There is the event itself and the story we tell ourselves about what it means.

What is known can't jerk us around unwittingly. Before anything can be resolved, the implicit must be made into the explicit.

Conning the conmen is one of life’s most satisfying pleasures.

You know what’s better than building things up in your imagination? Building things up in real life.

ADVERSITY CAN HARDEN YOU. OR IT CAN LOOSEN YOU UP AND MAKE YOU BETTER —IF YOU LET IT.