I just wanted to create things that I could be proud of. Money was just an evil byproduct to pay the bills at the end of the year.

In business, as in life, all that matters is that you do something positive.

I was fortunate enough, after many visits to many wonderful, weird people to come across Burt Rutan, who is a genius in the Mojave Desert. And SpaceShipOne was born and had three flights into space that won something called the X Prize. And from there, we're building SpaceShipTwo, which is ... a beautiful spaceship that is very, very, very nearly completed and will be ready from about next Christmas onwards to start taking people into space.

The time to go into a new business is when it’s badly run by others.

I have never had an office that I work out of and work has become intertwined with my personal life.

The best lessons are usually learned from failure. You musn't beat yourself up if you fail - just pick yourself up, learn as much as you can from the experience and get on with the next challenge...The brave may not live forever, but the cautious never live at all.

I am no stranger to healthy competition-wor king hard and playing hard