Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.

Becoming number one is easier than remaining number one.

For a long time, I operated under the Chinese proverb that there are four kinds of leaders: those who you laugh at, those who you hate, those who you love and those who you don't even know that they're leaders.

The Boy Scouts of America stands for a set of principles. These principles have a lot of staying power. The values you learn as a Scout are like a compass. They can help you find your way through difficult and sometimes unchartered terrain. The principles of Scouting give you a sense of what's important. I feel I owe the Boy Scouts a great deal, both personally and professionally.

Leadership is not something that is done to people, like fixing your teeth. Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better.

Al Gore clearly has the vision... it's a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.

I might lose because I wasn't tall enough; I might lose because I wasn't fast enough. But I wasn't going to lose because I wasn't ready.