Short-term can be terminal.

Today, if someone showed me a five-year plan, I'd toss out the pages detailing Years Three, Four and Five as pure fantasy Anyone who thinks he or she can evaluate business conditions five years from now, flunks.

All things being equal, people will do business with a friend; all things being unequal, people will still do business with a friend.

The mental game of business is understanding this Paradox: the better you think you are doing, the greater should be your cause for concern: the more self-satisfied you are with your accomplishments, your past achievements, your 'right moves', the less you should be.

There are five top superstars in golf, 20 great stars, and 30 good ones. The rest should go and get jobs.

Fear of failure is at least as common as the desire for success. In fact, if harnessed properly, it can be the energy that drives the wheel.

In our business, the windows of opportunity open and close with dazzling rapidity...I constantly have to remind people to seize the moment.