Everything I’ve ever gotten in life is largely due to the fact that I was born in this country, America, at this time with these opportunities for its citizens. It is the primary obligation of our generation to turn over a similar America to our kids.

A golf course should aspire to generate as much energy as it consumes - golf should be leading the way toward energy net zero.

I'm from Minnesota. I'm optimistic. I mean, that's just who I am.

I am hoping, though, that many of them have kids, who, when they have a moment to take a break from their iPods, Internet, or Google, will explain to their parents running the country just how the world is being flattened.

Almost all the students who make it to Caltech, one of the best scientific universities in the world, come from public schools. So it can be done.

What every employer is looking for is not someone who can do the job, but someone who can reinvent the job.

There are elites that are real leaders and role models. There are elites that are really selfish and want to pull up the ladder once they've reached the roof.