I remember once in junior high school, on a Friday, my mom came home from work and said to my brother and I, 'You know, between us, we have only 27 cents, but we have food in the refrigerator, we have our little garden out back, and we're happy, so we are rich.

Pay attention to the vital few and ignore the trivial many.

I make the majority of my money from Patron, but my passion is with Paul Mitchell: I spend 85 per cent of my time on it.

A success unshared is a failure.

I'll never retire. I like what I'm doing.

Good hairstylists never die. Vidal Sassoon and Paul Mitchell will always live on.

Management philosophy: Pay attention to the vital fiew and ignore the trivial many. I could go insane if I obsessed over every little details of all my companies.