Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.

Get the best player because whether it's soccer or whether it's anything else the team with the best players wins. So focus your energy on getting the best and getting rid of the weakest.

Protecting underperformers always backfires.

They were making a deal for a property that clearly was a property that we wanted to own, so we had to act, and act as quickly as we could, and make the offer more attractive.

Don't make the process harder than it is.

An organization's ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.

Arrogance is a killer, and wearing ambition on one's sleeve can have the same effect. There is a fine line between arrogance and self-confidence.