I don't care about convincing the people who think I'm naive or an idiot.

A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.

Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress; working hard for somthing we love is called passion.

Leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way of communicating.

When we help ourselves, we find moments of happiness. When we help others, we find lasting fulfillment.

The ability for a group of people to do remarkable things hinges on how well those people can pull together as a team.

A leader's job is not just to get the best out of their people-a leader's job is to make more leaders.

It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie.

Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.

Always plan for the fact that no plan ever goes according to plan.

If you hire people just because they can do a job, they'll work for your money, but if they believe what you believe, they'll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.

The best thing you can do for yourself if you wish to see your dreams become reality is to find success and replicate it.

We are creatures built on a house of cards of language.

In the South, there was absence of any leadership corresponding in breadth and courage to that of Abraham Lincoln.

The truth isn't always a blinding light. Sometimes it's a deep and dazzling darkness, that illuminates - and burns - just as surely.

We have more people in jail than any other country in Earth, disproportionately Latino and African-American.

I thought it was pathetic: The league just decided that Grant Hill would go right to the top.

... and in thinking of my life, I almost forgot my liberty.

All my best friends are women except for one or two. I feel women are superior to men, and I love having them around. All that female energy is good for me.

Each present joy or sorrow seems the chief.

I only see the faults, flaws, the imperfections. That attracts me.