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

A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.

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.

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

In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO.

I was good friends with Frank Sinatra, I heard Steve Kaufman painting his portrait, so I asked Steve to paint my portrait.

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