Life is nothing but a memory. People who dwell on the bad ones aren't going to have a whole lot of good ones coming up.

[The greatest barriers to forming alliances] are not figuring out what would make others want to join with you. Assuming that what excites you excites others. Spend more time assuming people have good reasons for what they do or say and then figure out those good reasons.

How you frame an issue shapes how it is viewed by others. Great advocates frame their ideas as problems that need solutions.

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

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.

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.

Everyone has addictions and my problem is that I have 5,000 of them. If it's not drinking, it's gambling; if it's not gambling, it's eating anything from burgers, doughnuts to M&Ms. The only addiction I don't suffer from is chasing women.