“When we focus and create space for possibility, it’s up to you to figure out what to do with it.” – Greg Bennick
"Failure is another box we can put our actions in." – Betsy Pepine
“Excellence is its own reward.” – Matthew Mitchell
“I can't do tomorrow the same way I'm doing today.” – Becca Powers
“If I start in a new role or start in a new organization, whatever it may be, I give myself a 90-day period in which I observe. Because how could I make expectations of people if I don't understand what their day-to-day jobs are?” – Meghan Clarke
“If you're not thinking about the fifth quarter when your child is at the collegiate level, you're thinking about the wrong thing…You should be thinking about life after sports. How is this decision for us to go to this particular school going to affect my son or daughter once the ball stops bounci…
"If you're that person that you know you want more, you can do more, and you can be more, chase it because when you chase it, you're going to see the opportunities waiting for you." – Robert B. Foster
“Most people think that mentors don't get anything out of it, but if you've ever given someone a gift that they've unwrapped and they have really loved it, it's exactly what they wanted and needed, the joy that you feel—that's what mentoring feels like.” – Dr. Deborah Heiser
“What you want to achieve is what you should be going for.” – Ken Williams
“When I'm writing, characters come into the book that I hadn't planned for, and they just pop in and insist on being part of the story. Out of the mess comes the magic, and out of the mess comes the beauty.” – Kae Wagner
“I always say to people who want to be an entrepreneur, go work for someone else first. Learn the ropes from them...and that's how I learned so much from other people, spending 15 years in corporate before I opened my own business.” – Vanessa Judelman
"I saw people in their apocalypse, their version of the apocalypse. They not only survived it, but they did so with hope and with courage, forgiving each other and working together across the lines where they normally would have been at odds." – C.C. Robinson
“The path to success is never a straight line. And it's also never what you think it is.” – Brenda Neckvatal
“Sometimes being right means being alone and realizing the consequences of what it means to be right. I had to stick up for my core values, even if it meant facing consequences.” – John R. Miles
“Even when we're closed-minded, we should never stop being open-hearted.” – Justin Jones-Fosu