I really would not change anything. Have a passion for what you do, work hard, have great people with good personalities, enjoy the ride.

We're looking for something where we can make something happen: an industry where the competition is asleep, hasn't taken advantage. It's going to be hard to find another Blockbuster, but that doesn't mean you can't have three good companies growing. The point is, we're going to be busy.

Despite winning the world championship, it has not altered the reality of the situation.

I'm going to miss Blockbuster. I'm gonna miss being CEO and all that stuff. We had an atmosphere where everybody was happy. When people make money, they're happy.

Some family trees bear an enormous crop of nuts.

I really would not change anything. Have a passion for what you do, work hard, have great people with good personalities, enjoy the ride.

Our philosophy has been to be fiscally conservative, so we can be operationally aggressive. We're not using borrowed money to grow. So we'll put up a store just to get there before the competition. If it doesn't work, we'll close it and lose a little equity. It won't kill us.