The way you treat your employees is the way they will treat your customers

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

I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.

Growth does not always lead a business to build on success. All too often it converts a highly successful business into a mediocre large business.

If you don't take risks you won't achieve anything.

As an adventurer...I try to protect against the downside. I make sure I have covered as many eventualities as I can. In the end, you have to take calculated risks; otherwise you're going to sit in mothballs all day and do nothing.

I moved into a nice houseboat in Little Venice when I was 15 years old. I found a girlfriend called Monday and a houseboat called Friday, so I had the week sewn up.