If you spot an opportunity and are really excited by it, throw yourself into it with everything you've got.

Money is a poor indicator of success.

I think in life the key thing is just to fight really hard to make sure something survives. If it looks like you've done everything you can to avoid failure, just move forward, move on and learn from it.

Always think, 'what's the worst that can happen' and have some kind of strategy to deal with it

People flourish if they’re praised.

You see, it's essential that one of us stays awake during the flight [ballon]. So, rather than using the comfortable Virgin seats which we used to cross the Atlantic, we've asked British Airways for two of theirs.

Avoid litigations. They are expensive and consume loads of time but if you have got a good case and a better chance of winning; then fight it out.