I get very excited when I wake up in the morning and I am just full of oxygen.

Don't stop at the first no. You have to be a risk taker. If there weren't room for creativity, the patent office would close down.

I feel like any time I'm doing what I love, my big pay-off is watching somebody else be the receiver.

The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance.

I love making people smile. I get so much energy through interacting and feeling like I've made a difference, a small difference.

You know, Mrs. Fields was never a business. It was a part of me...and I never separated, oh, well, business from personal because to me they all blended together.

I try not to take for granted how lucky we are to have life and breath and opportunity. Once we've got that, we can conquer anything.