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The highest levels of performance come to people who are centered, intuitive, creative, and reflective - people who know to see a problem as an opportunity.

Far too often in the political realm, we demonize success; we demagogue against it. What we should be doing is incentivizing success.

Success is really about your mindset.

If you do something very successful, you will then be defined by it.

One has to devote oneself to a particular pursuit. To be successful at anything, you have to make a total commitment to it.

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.

The thing that keeps me being a performer is my interest in society's obsession with identity, because I'm not sure that I really believe identity exists.

There was a strong focus on performance and respect for people. And one of the points that my father always made was that with all the challenges and obstacles and barriers, the one thing you can control is your performance. And that is one thing I have tried to adhere to throughout my career.

Having the strength to tune out negativity and remain focused on what I want gives me the will and confidence to achieve my goals.

It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success.