Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term.

Don't take a job because your mother wants you to. Don't be a victim. You own your decision.

You can't believe how hard it is for people to be simple, how much they fear being simple. They worry that if they're simple, people will think they're simpleminded. In reality, of course, it's just the reverse. Clear, tough-minded people are the most simple.

The thing it taught me was that winning's a helluva lot more fun than losing. It also taught me that the team with the best players that worked together the best wins.

Take time to get to know people. Understand where they are coming from, what is important to them. Make sure they are with you.

It's the internet like the flu - it just spreads like crazy.

Face reality as it is, not as it was, or as you wish it were. Be candid with everyone. Don't manage, lead. Change before you have to. If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete. Control your own destiny, or someone else will.