My parents instilled in me the value of learning and encouraged me to succeed in school.

All it takes is one person who is committed, focused, and on a mission to spark an entire team into believing in themselves.

We need the best education system in the United States. The best system, not the most expensive.

Great teams have players who understand their responsibilities.

I'll tell you what God did do. He sent Jesus to die on the cross so you could be saved. To forgive your sins. That doesn't sound like condemnation

In your mind you are cheating somebody, but in reality you are cheating yourself.

My most serious character flaw is that I don't deny myself much.

There’s a difference between listening passively and listening aggressively. To listen with your heart, you have to listen actively.

I'm probably taller than 90% of the men I meet.

The finest woman that ever walked the streets.

The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship.

The poet is a madman lost in adventure.

The Nobel is a ticket to one's own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it.

The best time to do something significant is between yesterday and tomorrow.