I'm a proud strict mom and, you know, I'm really proud of the two daughters I've raised. And I'm especially proud of my relationship with them. We're very close. I think we're good friends.

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.

There is no success other than happiness.

As if a cookbook had anything to do with writing.

I am supposed to take the bullets and absorb them. Like a bear, a polar bear.

We are the most in-debt, obese, addicted and medicated adult cohort in U.S. history.

Sadly, the immortal Jackie Milburn died recently

Drilling in ANWR fails to lower energy prices today and sets no long term energy strategy for tomorrow.

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.

Well, I just said that Jesus and I were both Jewish and that neither of us ever had a job, we never had a home, we never married and we traveled around the countryside irritating people.

Ive worked really physically hard, and I was never afraid of working hard as younger bloke.

Our task is to change the world for the better, not to adapt ourselves to the world.