Never stop asking yourself whether you can do things better. Keep testing every aspect of your business to the nth degree, and challenge every one of your assumptions. The tougher you are on yourself now, the tougher your business will be out there in the real world.

I won't mention names, but in my career, the most talented people invariably are the easiest and nicest to get along with.

Saving a letter from an old friend doesn't exist anymore. Everything is texted or emailed.

To get over my divorce, I got a prescription to live at the Playboy Mansion for a while.

I never saw my dad cry. My son saw me cry. My dad never told me he loved me, and consequently I told Scott I loved him every other minute. The point is, I'll make less mistakes than my dad, my sons hopefully will make less mistakes than me, and their sons will make less mistakes than their dads.

I'm sort of a Walter Mitty. I got fewer brain cells than most people, so when I got friendly with cowboys, I started rodeoing. When I was calf-roping, there was something about the dirt that made me feel clean.

Unless I love something or hate it, I don't want to deal with it.