Washing dishes gave me the sense of empowerment and feeling that I control my destiny.

If you aren't learning, you are regressing, because more growth comes from failure than from success.

I had to overcome a lot of barriers. Until 1947, it was illegal for people from the subcontinent to migrate to the U.S. The subcontinentals were the last ethnic minority to gain citizenship. You assimilate. My name was too hard. They said, 'Shad is what we are calling you.' You go with the flow.

You balance sport and business by having a sustainable model for a club and by winning. Because winning makes people feel better.

In many ways, journalism school and culinary school are quite similar. They both teach fundamental skills and habits, but ultimately you learn through on-the-job training.

I wanted to be an English teacher. I wanted to do it for the corduroy jackets with patches on the side.

I've been a loner all my life, so it didn't bother me that Hungarian was my first language and that I had to learn English. I had a pretty heavy accent in junior high school and would say things like 'wolume control' instead of 'volume control.'

There's only one thing that can kill the movies, and that's education.