The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.

Because of this crisis [COVID-19], and the fact that, in China, there has been a massive decline in industrial production and, therefore, there has been a major improvement in the quality of the air... Because of this crisis, they're estimating at Stanford University that this will save the lives of 4,000 children under 5-years-old and it'll save the lives of 73,000 adults over the age 70.

The more you give, the more you live

I don't think you choose to be an entrepreneur like you choose to be a doctor or a lawyer or a teacher. I think what you choose is a problem... and then you become an entrepreneur trying to solve that problem.

I think empathy is one of the most important characteristics of an entrepreneur

They don't buy what you do, they buy why you do it

If your story is authentic then people will join you

[Jimmy Valvano] spent all of his time making sure that he was leaving something behind that could beat the thing that beat him. So that, ultimately, he knew if everybody followed through with it, that he would win.

One thing that's very clear is that having a constant stream of news is not good for us.

So many of the gun violence victims would not have the fate they had if we had a better process for instilling background checks before people buy guns

Jimmy [Valvano] was extraordinary. I'm not sure he was extraordinary his whole life, but in the darkest moment, for most people, he was at his best—and that's extraordinary. And he thought beyond death.

Statistics show that more than half of the population reports feeling FOMO when they're away from social networks and news.

The worst poverty I've seen in the world is poverty that is in close proximity to big cities