What turned me on then, and turns me on even today - and when the time comes from me to retire from management I think I'd still be interested in it - is that everything that happens in the world affects the price of securities.

The whole financial industry is consolidating in the United States.

I'm not as involved in every little thing as I used to be.

So it's the kind of business where you can't wait to get up in the morning and read the papers, or listen to what's on the news, and you know, how the world's going to change.

I remember the mentoring experiences of some teachers that I had, like a second term home room teacher in public school that really was very helpful to me.

You can't control income. It varies based on conditions outside of [your] control. But you can control expenses.

The more we can do to create a better society, that benefits more people, the better chance we have that our society will continue to grow and prosper.