"We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we're capable of."

"My dad used to say, 'You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did."

"You know, what we do know is that there is a high frequency of violence in the home of those who bully."

"I'm embarrassed every time I look a teacher in the eye, because we ask them to do so much for so little."

"I am building a fire, and everyday I train, I add more fuel. At just the right moment, I light the match."

"People have the right to say what they want, but as long as I can go to bed at night and look myself in the mirror, I'll be all right."

"I suppose that's one of the ironies of life doing the wrong thing at the right moment."

"At this early stage in our evolution, now through our infancy and into our childhood and then, with luck, our growing up, what our species needs most of all, right now, is simply a future."