Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer. - Randy Pausch

Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted .

"Coach Graham rode you pretty hard, didn't he?" he said.
I could barely muster a "yeah."
That's a good thing," the assistant told me. When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, it means they've given up on you."

"Through the whole ordeal, I don't think we ever said to each other: "This isn't fair." We just kept going. We recognized that there were things we could do that might help the outcome in a positive ways...and we did them. Without saying it in words, our attitude was, "Let's saddle up and ride.

Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.