Globalization is now no longer an objective but an imperative, as markets open and geographic barriers become increasingly blurred and even irrelevant.

I might not be the brightest bulb in the chandelier, but I'm pretty good at getting most of the other bulbs to light up.

Be candid with everyone.

Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others.

Change before you have to.

If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't compete.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.

On the face of it, shareholder value is the dumbest idea in the world.

Shareholder value is a result, not a strategy . . . Your main constituencies are your employees, your customers and your products.

If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.

Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.

Understand that everybody has their own struggles, regardless of whether you can see it or not. Just surround yourself with the people who love you, and know you're not really alone.

The rich diversity of the world's cultures reflects a corresponding diversity in the wilds that gave them birth.

I would love to have a stable, productive relationship with Russia.

But what goes on in my life outside of the game should be my business.

When I'm not happy, I can't play. That's just the way I am.

There are a lot of very strong connections with music and mathematics. They both can work in patterns and sequences and repetitions.

I always preach that you have to be active as a citizen no matter what, and some people just voting as an excuse not to do anything.

The only important elements in any society are the artistic and the criminal, because they alone, by questioning the society’s values, can force it to change.

The trouble with thinking was that, once you started, you went on doing it.

I do not think there is anything deserving the name of society to be found out of London.