"I had a few fights last year, but I need to take boxing lessons. I need to, because in the NHL it's required."

“If you truly want to measure the success of a man, you do not measure it by a position he has achieved, but by the obstacles he has overcome.”

“Deep practice feels a bit like exploring a dark and unfamiliar room. You start slowly, you bump into furniture, stop, think, and start again. Slowly, and a little painfully, you explore the space over and over, attending to errors, extending your reach into the room a bit farther each time, building a mental map until you can move through it quickly and intuitively.”

“I'm naturally an optimist, but my basis for hope is rooted in my understanding of human nature.”

“It is destiny phrase of the weak human heart! 'It is destiny' dark apology for every error! The strong and virtuous admit no destiny”

“What I see in Nature is a magnificent structure that we can comprehend only very imperfectly, and that must fill a thinking person with a feeling of humility. This is a genuinely religious feeling that has nothing to do with mysticism.”

“Having to know the answers puts in terrible positions from which to learn.”

“Then the other door opened. I wen't rigid. If I had thought Reth's was beautiful, it was nothing to this soul. It filled the night with light, dancing and rippling like the reflection on a pond. I hadn't seen many souls, but I knew this one was special. I wanted it. I needed it.”

“Enthusiastic service providers create enthusiastic customers.”