If you think you can do it, you can.
Go for it now. The future is promised to no one.
If you've got a talent, protect it.
The most effective way to do it, is to do it.
Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.
Do not weep do not wax indignant. Understand.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds.
To be a good loser is to learn how to win.
Only the educated are free.
But more importantly, I think he remembered how very close I was with my own dad, who had died in 1997.