You’re able to accomplish anything you set out to accomplish.

We have technology, finally, that for the first time in human history allows people to really maintain rich connections with much larger numbers of people.

I was raised with the notion that you can do pretty much do anything you want. I always kind of just went ahead and tried things.

What makes eBay successful.. the real value and the real power at eBay is the community. It's the buyers and sellers coming together and forming a marketplace.

The personal wealth that's coming is absolutely secondary to the stories that I hear about our users who have given themselves some financial independence as well by starting businesses, and all the lives we've touched positively.

I've been asked before, "Who are your heroes?" and these types of questions. I always find it hard to identify a single person or a single book or this sort of thing. I've always been forward looking. I was raised with the notion that you can do pretty much anything you want. You're able to accomplish anything you set out to accomplish. I was given a sense of confidence and I never really felt the need to - or I've never had the benefit, I should probably say - of being inspired by outside heroes.

I always kind of just went ahead and tried things.