As a boy in school, I already had the drive to be No. 1. If I achieve my goals, OK, but if not, I always ask why and try to rectify myself.

I chose to live my life unafraid even during times when I WAS afraid. I discovered that opportunities don't find you; you find your opportunities.

Success doesn't happen overnight. It's the small successes achieved day by day that build a company. So, don't be impatient or focused on immediate financial rewards.

If you sell to the rich, you will become poor. If you sell to the poor, you can become rich. It is easier to get one peso from a million poor people than to get one million from one rich person.

Do what is right... do it with honesty and vigor. Be creative - thats important. Dont follow what other people are doing.

But everyone has a chance. Every big guy started off small.

You have to love your work. You have to save money instead of spending all of it. Look for areas you can compete in. Work damn hard. Most importantly, you have to love it.

Everything involves a risk. No risk, no reward.

Managers will work for a salary. Entrepreneurs create new businesses. Many people have capital, but instead of making money for business they build houses for rent. It's easy money to collect rental.

Whether it's difficult or not, there will be a few people who are outstanding, who will rise above the rest.

I dont rely on feng shui. I believe hard work brings us good luck and success.

Religion was a means to an end. She had seen it wielded as a weapon. If she needed to use it, she would, but she would never allow herself to be used by it.

I wish everyone had someone who never popped their balloons.

Your diet is a bank account. Good food choices are good investments.

I am lucky enough to live in Miami so dinner on the beach with people I love is one of my favorite ways to relax.

Since I was forty and definitely slipping, I have won seven full marathons, got second six times, and third four times.... I'm wondering what I can do after I'm fifty.

A person who looks different all the time frightens me. Only one animal changes its skin: the snake.

When a politician says the debate is over, you can be sure of two things; the debate is raging; and he's losing it.

Elves and Dragons! Cabbages and potatoes are better for me and you. Don't go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you'll land in trouble too big for you. ~Hamfast Gamgee (the Gaffer)

The challenge we now face is to build on the record of the past, to continue accepting new responsibilities and seeking new opportunities to serve.

I just fell in love with the integrity of the music & that was it.