“You got to learn to take what people are willing to give.”

“Take what people give you. Drink their milkshakes.”

“As a pioneer swimmer, you've got to be willing to fail and try again. The point isn’t to learn to fail, the point is to learn to bounce back.”

“You've got to be willing to read other people's code, and then write your own, then have other people review your code. You've got to want to be in this incredible feedback loop where you get the world-class people to tell you what you're doing wrong…”

“Man doesn’t have to take a gamble just ’cause it’s there. You got to learn that.”

“We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.”

“My definition of "good" is that you understand that this is a question of power, that you be willing to give up some power, that you be willing to give up some resources, that you be willing to pay black people reparations for our years and years of service in this country, that you be willing to go home and tell your white mother and father about white racism and how it affects and kills black people in our communities. That's my definition of good white people and I haven't met any like that.”

“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power, You just take it.”

“You never got what you wanted; you just learned to get by without it.”

“If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.”