Eighty percent of our revenues are from products that didn’t exist 60 days ago. Is there any other company that would do that?

Those who try to achieve success without hard work ultimately deceive themselves-or worse-deceive others.

I remember what it was like to grow up in the South in the 1960s and 1970s. Discrimination isn’t something that’s easy to oppose. It doesn’t always stare you in the face. It moves in the shadows. And sometimes it shrouds itself within the very laws meant to protect us.

I despise politics. There is no room for it in a company. My life is going to be way too short to deal with that.

I personally admire Steve Jobs not most for what he did, or what he said, but for what he stood for. The largest lesson I learned from Steve was that the joy in life is in the journey, and I saw him live this every day.

You can focus on things that are barriers or you can focus on scaling the wall or redefining the problem.

Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.