Talent comes from experience and failure

There are quite a few things I've done that even I thought might have been one step too far. But if you are willing to make a fool of yourself and make people smile, as long as you do it with a sense of fun, you can get away with it.

Clearly in the eyes of the consumer; the brand has not been diluted, but we must guard against that happening at all costs.

I know enough to know that no man is an island.

We, we - as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and I think, you know, we do it differently and I think that industries are not quite the same as a result of Virgin attacking the market.

I will work day and night to avoid failure, but if I can't, I'll pick myself up the next day. The most important thing for entrepreneurs is not to be put off by failure.

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.