They're on you day and night. Their oversight is just too extreme [. . .] That's why our 10-year loan, we paid it back in three years. We couldn't stand the government. The bureaucracy kills you.

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.

The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.

If you own up to your mistakes, you don't suffer as much. But that's a tough lesson to learn.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.

If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.