One thing I learned in the NBA is that the No. 1 job of a general manager is to keep his job. They are only 30 positions where you make millions and hang around with basketball players all day.

It's not in the dreaming, it's in the doing.

Do the things that make perfect sense to you, [and] don't be afraid to shout it from the mountain tops just because it's outside the box or against the grain in your industry. More often than not, you're probably going to be right.

There is no sport as competitive as business. It's 24 by 7 by 365 by forever.

Being able to take a traditional cable-television subscriber and give them new widget type applications to me is huge.

It doesn't matter how many times you fail. You only have to be right once and then everyone can tell you that you are an overnight success.

Find something you love to do. If you don't make money at it, at least you love going to work.