People are no different from flowers. If you water them, they flourish. If you are not nice to them, they shrivel up

Don't bother doing something unless you're radically different from the competition.

I just kind of dive in if I think I can create something that will make a difference and then try to get the numbers to stack up after the event. So most of the things I've done I would not have done if I'd have asked the accountants to look at them before.

You can create a business, choose a name, but unless people know about it you're not going to sell any products.

There is no point in starting your own business unless you do it out of a sense of frustration.

If young people do see me as an example (I'm very flattered if they do!) I hope it is as someone who will go out there and live life to the full.

As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.