• "what wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our very last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow what would we want as our legacy?" pg 3
  • You've GOT to get the fundamentals down otherwise the fancy stuff isnt going to work - pg 36
  • "Coach Graham rode you pretty hard didn't he?" he said. I could barely muster a "yeah". "Thats a good thing," the assistant told me. "When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you." -pg 36-37
  • "Kirk, I mean, Shatner, was the ultimate examle of a man who knew what he didn't know, was perfectly willing to admit it, and didn't want to leave until he understood. Thats heroic to me. I wish every grad student had that attitude." pg 45
  • "The brick walls are there for a reason. They're not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something." pg 52
  • "Time must be explicitly managed, like money" -pg 108
  • "When it comes to men who are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Ignore everything they say and watch what they do". pg 146
  • "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted" pg 148
  • "If other people owe you an apology, and your words of apology to them are proper and heartfelt, you still may not hear from them for awhile. After all, what are the odds that they get to the right emotional place to apologize at the exact same time you do? So just be patient." -pg 162-163
  • "Ask those questions. Just ask them! More often than you'd suspect the answer is "sure"."-pg 179
  • "As I see it, theres a decision that we all have to make......Each of us must decide: Am I a fun-loving Tigger or am I a sad-sack Eeyore? Pick a camp"-pg 180
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