Sports have always been a really important part of how I energize myself, as well as how I relax. I spend a lot of my spare time with my family playing tennis, biking and rollerblading.

Do your job brilliantly and the cream will rise to the top.

Endorphins are a very powerful thing.

The most important role of a leader is to set a clear direction, be transparent about how to get there and to stay the course.

Our emerging workforce is not interested in command-and-control leadership. They don't want to do things because I said so; they want to do things because they want to do them.

I hate to see people frustrated or leave a company for an opportunity they could easily have had at their current company if they had only asked.

It's clear that agriculture, done right, is the best means the world has today to simultaneously tackle food security, poverty and environmental degradation.

It is a simple fact that you can't steal second base if your foot is firmly planted on first.

Exposure to a diversity of disciplines has been exceptionally helpful to me.

I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.

It's fair to characterise me as competitive and determined, but anyone who works with me will attest to the fact I believe very strongly in the notion of servant leadership.

The true understanding of life and its purposes comes from an understanding of consciousness.

After we deal and heal...NOT A A SHRED OF EVIDENCE EXISTS THAT LIFE IS SERIOUS.....Jan Marshall

An individual who expresses high confidence probably has a good story, which may or may not be true.

We do not hate as long as we still attach a lesser value, but only when we attach an equal or a greater value.

If I'm nervous, it means I had to work hard to get there, whether it's playing in a tournament or speaking at an event. So I try to stop and be proud of getting to live in that moment.

We're in 'Jurassic Park' territory. If we go to the zoo in the future, we'll have zoos for extinct animals.

I think every time you take on a new role, you're trying to help find that voice and you add your own bits and pieces along the way but with Noah [Baumbach] it's already done.

Stealing is OK as long as it's done well.

Learning to read in one language helps us read a second language.

Rewrite formula: 2nd Draft = 1st Draft - 10%.