Develop the business around the people; build it, don't buy it; and, then, be the best.

In the same way that I tend to make up my mind about people within thirty seconds of meeting them, I also make up my mind about whether a business proposal excites me within about thirty seconds of looking at it. I rely far more on gut instinct than researching huge amounts of statistics.

My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.

There is no planet B. We have to take care of the one we have

Although my spelling is still sometimes poor, I have managed to overcome the worst of my difficulties through training myself to concentrate.

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.

I enjoy the company of other people. That's where I get most of my satisfaction from