To understand KKR, I always like to say, don't congratulate us when we buy a company. Any fool can buy a company. Congratulate us when we sell it and when we've done something with it and created real value.

You only have one thing to sell in life, and that's yourself.

Going public is not a business plan.

Any fool can buy a company; just pay enough

I always like to refer managers in corporate America as the renters of the corporate assets, not the owners.

As I said there is nothing wrong with failing. Pick yourself up and try it again. You never are going to know how good you really are until you go out and face failure.

I want people who will stand up to me. People who are not afraid to say exactly what's on their minds, even though that's probably not what I want to hear. That's what I want.