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I was in choir [at school].
Bob [Gordon] died young tragically.
Challenges ONLY make you STRONGER!!!
Optimism is a competitive advantage.
Love is the answer for the team's success.
I love to see people recognized [me on scene].
Dust on gold doesn't change the nature of gold.
Aesthetically, I love the whole history of the music.
Thoughts are magnetic. What we think about we attract.
Life and success are about what you choose to believe.
The only person who can limit your possibilities is you.
Only through service and sacrifice can you become great.
Don't waste your energy on those who don't get on your bus.
Love the process and you’ll love what the process produces.
Letting people share their gifts and strengths is real love.
You can’t be a great leader if all you are serving is yourself.
Anyone who attempts to build great things will face challenges.
Negative thoughts are the nails that build a prison of failure.
You fuel your life with trust and love instead of fear and doubt.
Your optimism today will determine your level of success tomorrow.
The best thing you can do is just go and have fun with [competition].
My mother was a singer, and I never heard her sing a note in my life.
My life is a gift not an obligation and I Get To make the most of it.
The Monk competition did open some doors. And I was thankful for that.
You are not a true success unless you are helping others be successful.
Enthusiasm attracts more passengers and energizes them during the ride.
Don't chase success. Decide to make a difference and success will find you.
Things dribbled in in dribs and drabs through my 20s. But it was a struggle.
I never got discouraged for long, but we all got our butts kicked musically.
We often have to lose what we thought we wanted to find what God wants for us
You need to work as hard to be a great teammate as you do to be a great player
I was really falling in love with jazz and dedicating myself in that direction.
When you experience resistance, you find the lessons that you are meant to learn
If you are complaining you can't be thinking about or creating what you do want.
All we can do is go about our work. But we can have a goal. We can have a dream.
One negative person can create a miserable office environment for everyone else.
Adversity is not a dead end but a detour to a better outcome than you can imagine!
A true leader doesn't lead to gain power. They lead to empower and give power away.
There is a very small chance that you might be really brilliant and really talented.
I remember Art Blakey saying to me, "Just remember, we're blessed to do what we do."
Particularly, in my situation, I needed a way out of where I was. So music was that.
I definitely had some moments, where, "Wow, these were some hard chords" on some gig.
Sense of community was really fostered by Larry Laurenzano, who was a great educator.
Phil [Wood] was known for having a little bit of a gruff manner, but he was all heart.
Remember, you have only one ride through life so give it all you got and enjoy the ride.
I never really had a classical saxophone set-up. I just had a middle of the road set up.
Successful people do ordinary things with extraordinary consistency, commitment and focus.
Instead of being disappointed about where you are, be optimistic about where you are going.
Being positive won’t guarantee you’ll succeed. But being negative will guarantee you won’t.
The goal is not to be better than anyone else but rather be better than you were yesterday.