We, Americans, have the best country on the planet. We have schools, universities, food, water, energy, peaceful neighbors, low corruption, you name it, deepest and widest capital markets. That doesn't mean we shouldn't identify problems. We don't have a divine right to success.

It is vital for officials and regulators to have input from people within our businesses who understand the intricacies of how financial markets operate and the consequences of certain policy decisions.

Japan, Europe, [and] America probably [are] better than last year [2015], not China.

Europe is the most complicated place, in my opinion.

Economies of scale are a good thing. If we didn't have them, we'd still be living in tents and eating buffalo.

People always say to me, "What if it doesn't work?" If it doesn't work, we redouble our effort. We're not going to cry like a bunch of babies. We're going to redouble our effort.

It's great that people get together and collaborate, talk about the facts and the analysis, all in the interest of having a great financial system.