You can't put passion and obsession into someone's employment contract - either you are or you aren't.

What is it about business that makes us laugh - when things go wrong, which they do all the time (why, I still wish I knew) then we need to laugh.

There is reason to smile and celebrate when you win, but when you struggle, that is about laughter. That is the pathos that is rooted in all comedy. And business is full of pain and hardship and with that, laughter and release.

You can't put passion and obsession into someone's employment contract - either you are or you aren't.

No one looks for pots of gold, it just happens. Sure, some people are born with an incredible financial ability, and some people are natural salesmen, but creating a business, driving a venture, mobilizing an army, is not something you are born to do - it just happens, by accident.

Today, where you come from seems less and less important, as globalization is the new order. I prefer the old world.

I am tough minded, but not hard hearted.