Call it a character flaw -- when under attack, I counter attack. Always.

The rules of war and business are the same. Victory and success are the same. In one it's life and/or death in the other it is success or failure. There really is little room for compromise of "gray matter".

Popularity is not leadership.

Knives are like credit cards; don't leave home without 'em and always carry several

There is only one kind of failure I cannot tolerate: the failure to risk failure.

Change hurts. It makes people insecure, confused, and angry. People want things to be the same as they've always been, because that makes life easier. But, if you're a leader, you can't let your people hang on to the past.

I don't follow the thought; "Winning is not important, playing the game is". If that is in fact true; then why do we keep score??