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

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.

Most change initiatives either fail or fall far short of original (perhaps unrealistic) expectations. More often than not, resistance is cultural in nature, the result of what James O'Toole so aptly characterizes as "the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom."

I believe nicotine plus caffeine equals protein.

General personal principle: You are generally successful to the degree others want you to succeed. So get adopted! And, even more importantly, it's amazing how much you can get done when you let other people take credit for it.

Seems I used to do everything like I was on a mission. If it was alcohol, I wanted to drink till I couldn't see straight. If it was golf, I wanted to beat everybody's brains out. If it was driving, I can get there faster'n you can. It's not anybody's fault, I guess. I was stubborn as hell. I had no direction.

Real freedom will come when U.S. soldiers in Iraq turn their guns on their superiors.