What are you doing extra? That's what counts. That's when you're working hard - when you're going above and over what's expected of you" (102). - Tony Gonzalez, "The Giant Within

So you never know who you touch. You never know how or when you'll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else" (20).

When you don't understand something, you label it and condemn it" (94) - Danny Glover, "The Fundamental Things

There is nothing good or bad, except by comparison" (209) - "Effort is Everything" by Bud Selig

There's nothing good or bad, except by comparison" (210) - Bud Selig "Effort is Everything

There were problems with having a reputation like his. Folks either wanted your hide or wanted you to save theirs. There was never any happy, indifferent middle ground.

Should is my all time least favorite word! It’s this sort of guilt inducing, finger wagging word that we use to beat up others and ourselves.

I would rather stand alone in the light of truth than in the crowd filled with error.

The shadow banking sector has played an important role in cleaning up toxic assets.

Partly I was honing my self-consciousness into a torture device, sharp and efficient enough to last me the rest of my life.

I don't think you can really expect to win a hockey game giving up three power-play goals. In reality, you cant give up those and that's the difference in the hockey game.

The companies that get innovation right, again and again, are the ones that feel what their customers feel. That is true user-centered innovation

I've never seen electricity, that's why I don't pay for it

The value of hatred and ignorance is found in the fact that without them we could never truly appreciate wisdom and love.