Everything I've ever done that's valuable is something I was afraid to try.

Do you know what a foreign accent is? It's a sign of bravery.

There's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.

Tenacious practice, practice, practice is crucial for excellence; rote repetition is underrated in America.

Chinese parents believe that their kids owe them everything.

I think if you're a 'tiger parent' early on, you don't need to be a 'helicopter parent' in high school.

Be modest, be humble, be simple.Make sure you come in first so that you have something to be humble about.

I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.

Instilling a sense of self-discipline and focus when the kids are younger makes it so much easier by the time they get into high school.

My goal as a parent is to prepare you for the future, not to make you like me.

We all want to do the right thing for our children. We all don't know what that is and we all - you know, you won't know until the future.

I think you have more fun as a human being even though it is much more painful.

All of us were once children, but only some of us remember that

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius.

There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors.

I don't want to be in the press.

Who love too much, hate in the like extreme.

A classic is the term given to any book which comes to represent the whole universe, a book on a par with ancient talismans.

Summer has set in with its usual severity.

I always expect the worst from this evil and wicked world and am often pleasantly surprised when the worst does not come to pass, but never or rarely surprised or upset when it does.

Necessity, mother of invention.