When you're in a situation, you can complain about it, you can feel sorry for yourself, you can do a lot of things. But how are you gonna make the situation better?

You can’t always control circumstances. However, you can always control your attitude, approach, and response.

No excuses. No explanations.

You never know what's going to happen. My mother was an English teacher. If someone had told her that I was going to write a book, she would never have believed that. So you can never say never.

DON'T FEAR FAILURE. Fear being successful at things that don't matter

I had 10 to 12 close buddies who I played ball with all the way from elementary to high school. That is where I learned to compete.

But there's no substitute for a full-time dad. Dads who are fully engaged with their kids overwhelmingly tend to produce children who believe in themselves and live full lives.