Somebody who knows what they're doing, who has a good track record, they come across as very articulate, bright and looking for a challenge - that's absolutely my kind of hire.

Do you know how much faster I can fix an airplane when I want to fix it than when I don't want to fix it?

You don't lie to your own doctor. You don't lie to your own attorney, and you don't lie to your employees.

The airline business is the biggest team sport in the world. When you're all consumed with fighting among yourselves, your opponents can run over you every day.

Watches are the only jewelry men can wear, unless you're Mr. T.

It's the old adage: You can make a pizza so cheap, nobody will eat it. You can make an airline so cheap, nobody will fly it.

It all sounds almost silly, but the fact is that the only way to change a corporate culture is to just change it.

Most businesses fail because they want the right things but measure the wrong things, and they get the wrong results.

If you say three things in a row that make sense, people will vote for you.

Every pilot thinks they're the best pilot in the world. I think I'm the best pilot.

There are a lot of parallels between what we're doing and an expensive watch. It's very complex, has a lot of parts and it only has value when it's predictable and reliable.

Love is in heart, not in our brains...

Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.

I can now say without hesitation the Marine Corps was the best foster home I ever had.

True hustlers are prepared to get hustled and know when to change positions and move to something different and aren't afraid.

That's what I want. Honest loyalty.

Love is love, whether it goes on two legs or four.

I think my days of trying outrageous things are over. I'm not looking for trends, I just want to be the best version of myself.

You want to win things and I am at a club where we have the players to do that.

That's one of the great things about poetry; one realises that one does one's little turn - that you're just part of the great crop, as it were.

I'm a great believer in getting checked out because if you know you're OK, you actually feel better; your mind plays a big part of it.