“If you are successful, it is because somewhere, sometime, someone gave you a life or an idea that started you in the right direction. Remember also that you are indebted to life until you help some less fortunate person, just as you were helped.”

“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence.”

“Some failure in life is inevitable. It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all — in which case, you fail by default.”

“People respond well to those that are sure of what they want.”

“Leadership is hard to define, and good leadership even harder. But if you can get people to follow you to the ends of the earth, you are a great leader.”

“I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that’s how you grow. When there’s that moment of ’Wow, I’m not really sure I can do this,’ and you push through those moments, that’s when you have a breakthrough.”

“I used to walk down the street like I was a super star… I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be – and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth.”

“My mother always told me, ‘Hide your face, people are looking at you.’ I would reply, it does not matter, I am also looking at them.”

“I demand pretty aggressive goal setting and a commitment to measured progress towards those goals because I don’t like surprises. I don’t even like good surprises.”

“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own.”