If everyone is defining a problem or solving it one way and the results are subpar, this is the time to ask, What if I did the opposite? Don't follow a model that doesn't work. If the recipe sucks, it doesn't matter how good a cook you are.

I discourage passive skepticism, which is the armchair variety where people sit back and criticize without ever subjecting their theories or themselves to real field testing.

Sports just happen to be excellent for avoiding foreign-language stage fright and developing lasting friendships while still sounding like Tarzan.

People who avoid all criticism fail. It's destructive criticism we need to avoid, not criticism in all forms.

I work hard, but in spurts.

Think big and don't listen to people who tell you it can't be done. Life's too short to think small.

Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.