And here's what management is: motivating people and putting them in places where they can succeed.

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

Once you realize that there are no geniuses out there, you can think, "I can do that". One reason I've succeeded is that I have that naïve sense of entitlement.

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.

You can be hard on people as long as you're just as hard on yourself.

When you see someone who has turned his passion into a profit, ask yourself, ‘Why not 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.