My philosophy is to always find the smartest people you can. Hire people smarter than you.

The best bosses understand the people working for them. That's the first component: what makes my people tick? What are they in it for?

I appear wild on the outside, but I'm a conservative businessman.

It's a very simple thing on the make-or-break decision, it's the guy, and that's what separates the great leaders and great successes, and if you don't listen to it, you don't have it, you're never gonna get it, 'cause it's never gonna come from someplace else.

Changes in my personal life are nerve-racking for me.

Every business is about understanding people. Which people you have to get through. Which people you have to embrace. Which people you have to jump over. Which people you have to push out of the way. That’s the game.

Every great business leader I've ever met, in addition to being very smart, very driven, they have this, 'Why not me? Screw it, I deserve it, let's go.' And if you don't have that, you can't achieve greatness.