Be able to cite three good qualities of every relative or acquaintance that you dislike.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.

Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.

There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply.

In those days I coercedOracular assuranceIn my favour out of every sign.

More fun than a frog in a glass of milk.

I think viewing people by the color of their skin is one of the dumbest ways to view people.

The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.

I never let them cough. They wouldn't dare.

Fasting breaks the spirit of heaviness.

At Kiel, as elsewhere, a day goes by somehow or other.

Be in relaxation a few moments. It can be any kind of situations - swimming in the river, relax with the river, or sunning on the beach, relax with the sun - anything. Life is full of opportunities.

As long as I can run fast, track will always be an option. But right now I'm focused on football because the NFL is knocking on my door and I'm not going to slam it in its face.

We didn't say anything because there was such an awful lot to say, and no language to say it in.