Failure is central to engineering. Every single calculation that an engineer makes is a failure calculation. Successful engineering is all about understanding how things break or fail.
There's always failure. And there's always disappointment. And there's always loss. But the secret is learning from the loss, and realizing that none of those holes are vacuums.
I'd like to have kids at some point. I think I'll have a family someday.
I feel it's my responsibility to be able to take care of my family by living off the land. That's the ultimate goal for a man.
When I was about 12 years old, I knew I had to take the game more seriously if I wanted to be able to provide for my family.
None of the longest-lived people ran marathons or pumped iron. They live exactly as their grandparents before them - surrounded by family and friends.
I am not in politics. 'President Mutombo?' No, no, no. There has never been a politician in my family, and I am not going to try to be the first one.
From 1971 to 1993, my family lived in a number of African countries, including Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Nigeria, as well as Uganda itself.
A White House dinner is the American family assembled, from labor leaders to billionaires, actors, architects, academicians and athletes.
Sibling rivalry was, and still is to this day, rampant in my family. We were all competing for my parents' divided attention.
It was not possible to broadcast any of that because of an agreement between Jackson and the family. Our legal advice was that we could not broadcast it.
There is only one way to solve the alleged crisis of the erosion of 'family values.' And that is to get right down to the root cause of the problem.
I think it is important for working moms to recognize that family is the most important.
Whether it is with friends or family, I expect them to set a great example for me, and hopefully I will do the same for them. And that is all part of being a leader.
Big companies often use their leverage to take stakes in would-be suppliers, especially in the technology business.
Brand names are well known to business school professors, but only one professor is a brand name herself. Call her Professor Oprah.
We are essentially in the business of telling stories. We would like to think that most of our stories are basically human stories with sports as a backdrop.
From the business point of view - not to overstate it - intellectual property is dead; long live intellectual process. Long live service; long live performance.
Critics are not creators. They rarely write great novels, invent new technologies, or come up with a great business idea.
The fundamental problem with banks is what it's always been: they're in the business of banking, and banking, whether plain vanilla or incredibly sophisticated, is inherently risky.
I have to come to terms with the paternalism of American business. Companies are expected to take on so many social responsibilities which are the province of the state in Europe.
