I sort of feel like people are not that honest about their own parenting. Take any teenage household; tell me there is not yelling and conflict.

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.

Awake. Reach out. Press onward.

But what else are secrets for if not discovery? That is their nature. Only time stands between a mystery and its rightful master.

The superpowers often behave like two heavily armed blind men feeling their way around a room each believing himself in mortal peril from the other who he assumes to have perfect vision.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

People just assume that if you're famous, you're in Hollywood.

I feel blessed to have had the accumulation of life experiences that I've had, life experience just adds to the depths of a persons richness, as with acting!

There is nothing hard inside the olive; nothing hard outside the nut.

All societies end up wearing masks.

I was in the postseason twice and I'm thankful for that

One of the most important things in politics is you've got to keep your mind infinitely curious and alive to what is happening differently.