The sports apparel industry was dominated by the big shoe companies. But there was a void in apparel and I decided to fill it.

The sports apparel industry was dominated by the big shoe companies. But there was a void in apparel and I decided to fill it.

It's a fire, it's a passion to get out and to create and to innovate. And that I've always enjoyed and I've always been very proud of is that the people I've done business with, the people around me have always made money.

I realized early on that I was pretty good at organizing. A lot of it was about control. While my friends were out getting hammered at concerts, I was making money. I am a control freak.

One of our first customers asked me how big we want to be. I said I want to be really big. Later, it bothered me that I answered that way. Now I say I just want to be a great company.

Best merchants are the ones who dictate cool, not those who try to predict it!

We need to stop making wide-body seats on airplanes, stop accommodating that, because it's not healthy.