Competition is easier to accept if you realize it is not an act of oppression or abrasion. ... I've worked with my best friends in direct competition.

Whatever you want in life other people are going to want it too. Believe in yourself enough to accept the idea that you have an equal right to it.

It's in the preparation-in those dreary pedestrian virtues they taught you in seventh grade and you didn't believe. It's making the extra call and caring a lot.