"Everyone has a breaking point, turning point, stress point, the game is permeated with it. The fans don't see it because we make it look so efficient. But internally, for a guy to be successful, you have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time."

"Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than you found it."

"In an era ruled by materialism and unstable geopolitics, art must be restored to the center of public education."

"I was up late last night yapping about the elections on CNN and up early this morning doing the same thing in my daughter's kindergarten class."

"As we develop and get quicker with technology in America, it's like we're downgrading if you look at the investment in education... that's the thing that worries me."