I'm not the type to pat myself on the back and all that, but somebody has to be lucky, right? When I got to Dallas, I was struggling - sleeping on the floor with six guys in a three-bedroom apartment. I used to drive around, look at the big houses, and imagine what it would be like to live there and use that as motivation.

I wouldn't be where I am now if I didn't fail ... a lot. The good, the bad, it's all part of the success equation.

If you want to deal with me, email is the way you do it. Working via email means that everything I do is searchable. I can go back and check out discussion threads from more than 15 years ago.

Even when I had nothing, I had everything. Because I love to compete.

Go out there and get rich. Get so obnoxiously rich that when that tax bill comes, your first thought will be to choke on how big a check you have to write.

Companies fail for lack of brains and effort.

Sometimes the best properties aren't necessarily the biggest properties.