“Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.”

“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”

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

“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).”

“So you never know who you are going to touch. You never know how or when you'll have an impact, or how important your example can be to someone else" (20) - Denzel Washington, "So that We Might Follow”

“What it taught me was forgiveness. It taught me that when people present themselves in a certain way, there's probably some back story or issue or reason for the way that they are. It's not you. It's them. And a lot of times, its about something that's completely out of their control”

“Do what you gotta do so you can do what you wanna do.”