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

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.

Commit yourself to quality from day one ... it's better to do nothing at all than to do something badly.

The best people know that there are two phases in every crisis: the one where you manage it and the other where you learn from it. To succeed you have to do both

Concentrate on each task, whether trivial or crucial, as if it's the only thing that matters.

If Thomas Edison had gone to business school, we would all be reading by larger candles.

Short-term can be terminal.