You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in college or in the world

You know that it is only through work that you can achieve anything, either in college or in the world.

Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.

The work they're doing here they'll be doing in college. They're ahead of kids from regular secondary schools.

Another year [of college basketball], that wouldn't be the end of the world. If it doesn't work out like he thinks it will, he could still go back. He's a celebrity in Reno. It's fun for him.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.