Celebrate your success and find humor in your failures. Don't take yourself so seriously. Loosen up and everyone around you will loosen up. Have fun and always show enthusiasm. When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song.

It was almost as if I had a right to win. Thinking like that often seems to turn into sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I not only knew I wanted to go into retailing, I also knew I wanted to go into business for myself.

High expectations are the key to everything.

Great ideas come from everywhere if you just listen and look for them. You never know who's going to have a great idea.

Leaders must always put their people before themselves. If you do that, your business will take care of itself.

Money and ownership alone aren't enough. Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep score.