Nobody's ever called me Sir Richard. Occasionally in America, I hear people saying Sir Richard and think there's some Shakespearean play taking place. But nowhere else anyway.

Not enough people realize the satisfaction you can get from really pushing yourself to the limits.

Entrepreneurship is about turning what excites you in life into capital, so that you can do more of it and move forward with it.

We went all the way down the Himalayan chain for a day and a half. That was magnificent, except the Chinese told us they were going to shoot us down if we came out the far end. So I spent a lot of my time contacting former Prime Minister Tony Blair begging him to tell the Chinese we were coming in this direction by mistake and could he please say we have no nasty motives for flying into their territory.

My mother always taught me never to look back in regret but to move on to the next thing.

If you want milk, don't sit on a stool in the middle of a field in the hope that a cow will back up to you.

Remember the to-do list but don't forget the to-be list.