“A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.”

“When you're a boy your life can be measured out as a series of uncomfortable conversations reluctantly initiated by adults in an effort to tell you things that you either already know or really don't want to know.”

“Success is a journey not a destination. The doing is usually more important than the outcome. Not everyone can be Number 1.”

“Do not measure the number of tragedies you sustain, but to quantify the success you derive from them.”

“What ability there is in an individual may be measured by the yardstick of how far there is between his understanding and his will. What a person can understand he must also be able to force himself to will. Between understanding and willing is where excuses and evasions have their being.”

“I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.”