Every little kid wants to grow up to be a cowboy, and I did.

The primary skill of a manager consists of knowing how to make assignments and picking the right people to carry out those assignments

A country's competitiveness starts not on the factory floor or in the engineering lab. It starts in the classroom.

What is it that you like doing? If you don't like it, get out of it, because you'll be lousy at it. You don't have to stay with a job for the rest of your life, because if you don't like it you'll never be successful in it.

If we screw it up, start over. Try something else.

I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.

Don’t just stand there; make something happen.