One of the best indicators of student achievement is the academic success of the mother in the home.

The publicists are the gatekeepers, and they wield a lot of power. They're the ones giving you access to their clients.

If you're a teacher you have to teach the curriculum, all that stuff, you have to teach morals, you have to teach values, and you have to teach, all-importantly, self-control. Because a lot of kids don't have it.

In an earthquake, I shouldn't run out of the house - I should run into it.

Poverty can't be an excuse for bad teaching, but teaching can't be the only thing we do to combat poverty.

We are cutting things kids like-music, art, and gym classes; stuff that kept me in school. This country can't survive without you kids. It's all about you kids.

Boxing changed my life. It's like a drug; you can't believe how great it is! Let me tell you something, you hit somebody on the chin, the guy goes down, the crowd roars...Wow! You really feel something!