Some teachers feel that if they ask for emotional help, they're a failure. But teaching is a team sport.
I considered going into business or becoming a lawyer - not for the money, but for the thrill of problem-solving.
Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.
I'm not going to go run and hide because I'm catching some heat. I'm not going to stay at home and pout.
Another important aspect of our home was respect for ideas.
I don't know what can be so dangerous about giving people hope.
We are setting ourselves up for disappointment if our hope is built on anything less than Jesus.
In schools with a history of chaos, the teacher who can keep the classroom calm becomes virtually indispensable.
I'm always searching for new music, and I change what I listen to on a regular basis.
I get hired to hack into computers now and sometimes it's actually easier than it was years ago.
I am very bad at computers. I don't really know how to write email.
We're entering a new world in which data may be more important than software.
There's no other major item most of us own that is as confusing, unpredictable and unreliable as our personal computers.
People have nannies and big cars, and they want to go to Maui for Christmas. When there are those kind of stakes involved, people get ruthless.
It may be a cliche, but it's true - the build-up to Christmas is so much more pleasurable than the actual day itself.
One Christmas build-up tradition, however, has totally bypassed me - that of going up to town and 'doing a show.'
'The war in Iraq - if Osama was a Christian - it's the Christmas present he never would have expected.
If you become great, then you can become happy. If you're happy first, it's much more difficult to be great.
The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.
I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.
Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters.
