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.

Success is empty if you arrive at the finish line alone.

Starbucks being an extension of peoples home and work. The sense of community, human connection. That appears to be as relevant in Turkey, China, Japan and Spain as it is here in America. And Starbucks I think is creating something for people all over the world that has not existed before.

The Starbucks customer and the Teavana customer are two very different customers, two different need states that are highly complimentary.

Anybody can leverage celebrity for profit.

Starbucks is rekindling America's love affair with coffee, bringing romance and fresh flavor back to the brew.

When you're building a business or joining a company you have to be transparent, you can't have two sets of information for two sets of people.