Hold back the tide. Keep your kids innocent as long as possible.

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

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

Every job has its pros and cons. The NFL just has more of both.

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

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.

Don't try too hard to be young. Be who you are.