“If you don’t produce, you won’t thrive—no matter how skilled or talented you are.”

“No matter how educated, rich, talented or famous you believe you are, how you treat people is ultimately what will tell all.”

“No matter how rich, talented or intelligent you are… how you treat animals tells me all I need to know about you.”

“You don’t hire for skills, you hire for attitude. You can always teach skills.”

“They boo you, they whistle, they stamp their feet—you hate it but you thrive on it. Because the things that wear you down are the things that nurture you and your talent.”

“At the end of the day, don’t forget that you are a person, don’t forget you are a mother, don’t forget you are a wife, don’t forget you are a daughter. Because in the end, no matter how much money you make and how much success you create, What you are left is family, friends and faith.”

“I want to add that no matter how well you learn to play the political game, you won’t make a lastin’ success of it if you're a drinkin’ man. p. 77”

“It would seem that you have no useful skill or talent whatsoever, he said. Have you thought of going into teaching?”

“I don’t believe there is such a thing as a ‘born’ soccer player. Perhaps you are born with certain skills and talents, but quite frankly it seems impossible to me that one is actually born to be an ace soccer player.”

“No matter how much you keep encouraging someone who is blindfolded to stare through the cloth, he still won’t see a thing.".”