I wake up in the morning and I think about one brand. I don't have enough time to wake up twice and think about two.

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.

Where can we take no the product, but the idea?

Motivation, passion, and focus have to come from the top.

There's an entrepreneur right now, scared to death, making excuses, saying, 'It's not the right time just yet.' There's no such thing as a good time. I started an apparel-manufacturing business in the tech-boom years. I mean, come on. Get out of your garage and go take a chance, and start your business.

My love of horses began in College Park, with me and 10 friends on two couches and a keg of beer in the back of a truck, heading to Pimlico at 6 A.M. to mark our place in the middle of the Preakness infield, where we never saw a horse run.

When you see most companies get big, they want to shout about all they've done. But the consumer wants to know: 'What have you done for me lately?'