I learned hard lessons, and I've taken that lesson and it's helped me become a better business person and a better leader.

I focused on jobs. I built private sector jobs all my life. That's what the race was about. Who was going to build private sector jobs? My opponent who never had one? Or me? That's why I won last night.

It is not easy to be sure that being yourself is worth the trouble, but [we do know] it is our sacred duty.

I was in the Navy as an enlisted man, started my first business when I was 21.

I don't like losing money. I don't go gamble. Because I don't want to lose any money. I didn't grow up with any money and I'm not going to go gamble and lose money.

I learned hard lessons, and I've taken that lesson and it's helped me become a better business person and a better leader.

I know that you've got to watch how you spend all the dollars. That's not the easiest thing to do. That's not what people think is the most fun thing to do, but it's the right thing to do.