I’m proud, that despite many tough moments, with lots of injuries, I never gave up and made it to the top of an Olympic podium.

I’m tortured. So I’m not really a proud person. I’m always conflicted about what I’m not doing. I feel privileged that I was able to be there on the front lines of Afghanistan and Iraq. It means a lot to me that I was there because I feel like it was at a very important time in history.

The way I see it, there were two great triumphs, two things that I'm proudest of. One is the economic recovery, in which the people of America created -- and filled -- 19 million new jobs. The other is the recovery of our morale. America is respected again in the world and looked to for leadership.

I’m so pleased, because Caltech’s name is there as the pioneer of this whole technology…I’m proud of them.

Family is the center of my life. Without a doubt, the saddest day of my life was July 13, 1991, when I lost my eldest son, Harrison, in a car accident.

You have to do something like that to get rid of the tension, take your mind off what you are doing.

I'm the kind of man who, even if the glass is only half full, doesn't lament but goes to fill up the rest.

Education is the cornerstone of unlocking human potential, and it's something I believe should be available to every individual, regardless of their circumstances.

Oh, I have a lot of pleasures. I love the being outdoors. I love fly-fishing, particularly for salmon. I love to ski.

I had a teacher who was a great influence on me, when I was in boarding school at Loomis, Jim Wilson. He was my economics teacher and he was also my dorm head. I didn’t know what economics was before I took this course. I was really moved by the course. I was moved by him. That’s probably one of the reasons I chose the field of business.