Drew Houston Quotes

I have met almost everyone I've wanted to meet.

Growing up where I grew up, we looked to athletes. They were our first heroes. They came from the same places we came from. I mean, you can't watch TV and see someone who is successful that you can really relate to. That person isn't real; he doesn't exist. But athletes traveled the world, had these big houses and gave their families a better life.

It's really the city of Detroit that I owe the thanks to and all the people along the way, so many people that played a role in my success in giving me the dreams and aspirations to go to college and do the things that I did.

I'm blessed that I'm not content. Whenever I work with kids, which I'm passionate about, I want them to know that, yes, two World Cups, two Asian Cups, but I've done it the hard way.

My name does help me get in the door, but it doesn't do the work for me.

I have a very big phone book and a very long reach around the world. And I think - I don't think, I know - that 95 percent of the people who I know who weren't born into success who have become successful and done things that are different and made a lot of money and had a lot of excitement in their life are people who never hear the word 'no.'

If you want to be the best, hang out with the best.

There's a lot of people I would be more than a little overwhelmed by and thrilled to work with.

When I come to schools like Norton Primary Academy and meet children who have their lives and careers before them, I hope in some small way that I can inspire them to do better by sharing my own story with them and telling them never to give up on their dreams.

I've got a chance to be really special.

I stand a lot better chance to go further than Elton.

Teacher? I never dreamed I could rise so high in the world

Dreams do come true, but not without the help of others, a good education, a strong work ethic, and the courage to lean in.

If you have the ability and want it bad enough, do it!

You're college graduates now, so use your education. Remember: It's not who you know, it's whom.

Knowledge is power. The more knowledge, expertise, and connections you have, the easier it is for you to make a profit at the game of your choice.

I will never forget being in Akron the day the I Promise School opened its doors for the very first time. You could just feel the magnitude of that moment.

Everything is possible in this life.

We'd never thought we'd get to travel so extensively, meet our heroes, and collaborate with so many people.

My name is Leland Tyler Wayne. My mom wanted to give me a name where, no matter what I wanted to do, I'd be able to do it. An astronaut. President. Whatever.

It's almost a blessing for a new generation to say somebody like myself went to their school. It helps kids dream, and now they're getting into acting, football, whatever.

I'm a representative of what you can become if you work hard and you focus on your education.

Just like I have all the capabilities to become a big star, Golden Boy has all the tools to get me there.

I dream big. I think big. I try to go out and do it as big as I can.

It's super easy to do what Conor does. He earned something. Then, he looks over the fence - he looks for something new - and it's very easy to be motivated for something new.