You never want to think the best things are in the past. You want to get yourself to believe that the best things are going to be in the future.

I believe in treating other people with respect. My style is to speak to people, be available to them and willing to answer their questions. This also means being straightforward and honest with them.

And when we used to play and fight in the streets in Brooklyn and I would get hurt or something, my mother would always come out and save me. So that sort of postponed the inevitable about getting a good beating, without having somebody to come and save you.

You can't control income. It varies based on conditions outside of [your] control. But you can control expenses.

I read a lot, but I read about the areas that I'm interested in.

I remember the mentoring experiences of some teachers that I had, like a second term home room teacher in public school that really was very helpful to me.

Learn how to be a loser, because it's important to be a loser to be a winner.