One can succeed at almost anything for which he has enthusiasm.

At the end of every day, having a clientele that speaks well of you, that's the largest source of business. I don't care what kind of business you're in. Clients referring us to their friends or relatives is so much more powerful than any advertising we could ever do.

I couldn't read. I just scraped by. My solution back then was to read classic comic books because I could figure them out from the context of the pictures. Now I listen to books on tape.

Many times I can see a solution to something differently and quicker than other people. I see the end zone and say 'This is where I want to go.'

I did as much as I could: raising chickens, pushing an ice-cream cart, bagging walnuts, driving a tractor on a beet farm, working on the railroad. I think this eclectic career helped me a lot in life.

Passion is the great slayer of adversity. Focus on strengths and what you enjoy.

The nasty little secret was that I couldn't read worth a darn. In my case, I still read very slowly to this moment.