There are probably some things I could do to keep my flexibility up, but I'd rather smoke, drink diet Cokes and eat.

In some organizations, it is easy to say mistakes are okay when in truth it is a zero-defect organization. You will be remembered more for your mistakes than your successes in those organizations.

It's nice to worry about playing golf and not all the other stuff.

This fitness thing is blown out of proportion. What am I going to do on a treadmill - smoke a cigarette and drink a diet Coke?

I will just put four or five extra packs of cigarettes in my bag and I will be fine.

I can tell you one thing. I've done this my way. I don't have anybody to blame for this win but me, and I love it.

Ideas really do matter. But in any organization a good idea will only go so far unless its proponents are willing to fight the political games to get the idea adopted.