I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.

There's a billboard in a little farm town in the Midwest that says: IF YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT FARMERS, DON'T TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL.

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.

To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things.

Leadership means setting an example. When you find yourself in a position of leadership, people follow your every move.

They've got about as many lawyers as we have sumo-wrestlers.

I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to listen. Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realize that real communication goes in both directions.