I've worked very hard, but my life's always been fun.

Taking smart risks can be very gratifying.

The Costa Rican government is prioritizing laying fiber optic over paving roads. Costa Rica is trying to become one of the Internet societies. This is happening throughout the world.

But as an entrepreneur you have to feel like you can jump out of an aeroplane because you're confident that you'll catch a bird flying by. It's an act of stupidity, and most entrepreneurs go splat because the bird doesn't come by, but a few times it does.

On the Internet you get continuous innovation, so every year the streams are a little better.

Fibre optic is becoming like electricity. If you look at how electricity spread around the globe 100 years ago, that's what's happening now.

Truly brilliant marketing happens when you take something most people think of as a weakness and reposition it so people think of it as a strength.