One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.

Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.

The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.

If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.

The greatest difficulty in the world is not for people to accept new ideas, but to make them forget old ideas.

The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'.

Celebrate what you want to see more of.

Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.

Divas do it, golfers do it, pilots do it, violists do it, sprinters do it, soldiers do it, surgeons do it, astronauts do it...only business people think it isn't necessary to train.

The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.

Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, 'Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.' Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!

This year my role is clear: I am a coach, a coach to sportsmen.

You're trying to pin me down. I'm not a verbal person. Look at my work and decide for yourself. It's hard to put it into words.

Nothing is more American than stuffing your face with loaded potato skins while drinking loaded mudslides.

Geography does not define you - love does.

Enjoy what you have, live in the moment, focus on things you can change and ignore the rest.

Should government refrain from regulation (taxation), the worthlessness of the money becomes apparent and the fraud can no longer be concealed.

I was the little white kid who rocked the turntables

Always be thou prepared, and so live that death may never find thee unprepared.

I only did my duty to my country when I tried to oppose the criminal folly of Hitler.

What feels good is often the wrong thing to do.