I do not think there was anything abusive in my house. Yet, I stand by a lot of my critiques of Western parenting. I think there's a lot of questions about how you instill true self-esteem.

Do you know what a foreign accent is? It's a sign of bravery.

There's nothing better for building confidence than learning you can do something you thought you couldn't.

Tenacious practice, practice, practice is crucial for excellence; rote repetition is underrated in America.

Chinese parents believe that their kids owe them everything.

I think if you're a 'tiger parent' early on, you don't need to be a 'helicopter parent' in high school.

Be modest, be humble, be simple.Make sure you come in first so that you have something to be humble about.

I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.

Instilling a sense of self-discipline and focus when the kids are younger makes it so much easier by the time they get into high school.

My goal as a parent is to prepare you for the future, not to make you like me.

We all want to do the right thing for our children. We all don't know what that is and we all - you know, you won't know until the future.

The utility of perseverance in absurdity is more than I could ever discern. Edmund Burke

Good and evil are both fundamental features of the human mind.

A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure.

At what point do they believe what's been branded on their skin instead of just knowing who they are on the inside.

It's a business now. But you still have little butterflies in your stomach before every game.

I believe I'm growing skeptical of cynicism.

Stopping at her house is a neighbor boy with evil on his mind, cause he's been peeking in Angie's room at night through her window blind.

Most people's goals are too low and too slow.

I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you’re really going about it the wrong way.

Something new has been added, a new art of sound. Am I wrong in calling it music?