I think growth covers up mistakes.

Remember: You'll be left with an empty feeling if you hit the finish line alone. When you run a race as a team, though, you'll discover that much of the reward comes from hitting the tape together. You want to be surrounded not just by cheering onlookers but by a crowd of winners, celebrating as one.

The issue of managing through a crisis is you have to be decisive even if you don't have perfect information.

I do think - as self-serving as it sounds - that I was the right person, given the very, very strong headwind we had from the economy and our own issues, to come back and rewrite the future of the company.

The future of America is not an entitlement. We have been given a treasure chest of gifts and opportunities, but some people are being left behind, and success is not sustainable unless it is shared.

Be bold, but be fair. Don't give in. If others around you have integrity, too, you can prevail

The hardest thing about being a leader is demonstrating or showing vulnerability. And that has a lot to do with trust.