I do stay busy. I like new challenges.

You get a checklist, and then you just sort of ride herd on it. It's just a few items on a single sheet of paper.

We had the same doomsday people when we were building the MGM Grand, same people, same doomsday. You have to ask a lot of questions and listen to people, but eventually, you have to go by your own instincts.

If economists were good at business, they would be rich men instead of advisers to rich men.

I used to think that if I made $50,000 I'd be the happiest guy in the world.

I'm far from being reclusive. I have thirty or forty year friendships that I prefer to meeting new people. I go to an occasional party, but just because I don't go to a lot of events, and I'm not out in public all the time doesn't mean I'm anti-social or a recluse.

I do stay busy. I like new challenges.