Every deal is a regulated deal. Regulators will tell you how to take your money home.

For me, one of the highlights of being in the private equity world is that you need to learn a lot and very quickly about different businesses. So it's always a continuing learning experience where you can apply what you know, of course, by way of judgment and by way of numerical analysis. You're always investing in new businesses, which is a learning experience in itself. I think that is a wonderful thing and I think it makes for intellectual challenge and for continued personal growth. That, for me, is the highlight of this job.

Generally speaking, you like to dance with the girl that brung you, and if you can't sometimes you have to shoot her.

I think that what we leave behind us is extremely important. I therefore spend a fair amount of time on the charitable front, and someday I hope to spend more time on it.

The private equity world is a relatively small one. There are currently probably a few thousand professional jobs worldwide. In private equity, that's probably about all there is. So in the scheme of things, the firms are all relatively small.

Don't do something you don't like. Look for a job that makes you excited to get up and go to work everyday.

When governments are selling, you should be buying. And when governments are defaulting, we should look at that as an opportunity.