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I've been totally replaced by people who are superior. I was doing, like, 15 different things. It's very gratifying to watch your job done better.

Performance is always something that will be a part of my career.

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.

If you want to remain the best, you have to keep on doing what you are good at.

I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. I try to separate my performance from myself.

I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always stayed away from that.

I think I've earned a certain level of respect, based on my accomplishments and my consistency.

There's a tendency, when you're directing yourself, not to give the performance as much care, because you feel like there's too much focus on yourself, or that all these people are just standing around setting everything up, waiting for you.

If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective in helping them to become better than they are.