I feel a responsibility to honor the memory of friends like Kent and Paul Allen, who significantly impacted my life.

Experiencing the death of my dog Homer made me realize the fleeting nature of life and the importance of the deep connections we form with our pets.

The idea of death should be a constant reminder to live meaningfully and avoid complacency.

I never would have thought I would be the person giving a speech at a graduation where a classmate had just died. It was a moment of deep reflection for me.

The feeling of responsibility for your friends in a dangerous situation is something that you won't experience in a normal job, and the stakes are much higher than in business mistakes.

When you're young and have nothing to lose, it's absolutely the time to take risks; unfortunately, most people become risk-averse at that stage.

In a firefight, the gut-wrenching fear comes from the responsibility of your teammates getting wounded or killed, not from the fear of your own death, which I accepted as part of my job.

Risk in life is often perceived incorrectly; the real risk is looking back at the end of your career and feeling like you wasted it.

I think about death often because it influences how I see time and the actions I'm willing to take despite others' judgments.