You renew yourself every day. Sometimes you're successful, sometimes your not, but it's the average that counts.

Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don't learn.

Finally, I truly believe that each of us must find meaning in our work. The best work happens when you know that it's not just work, but something that will improve other people's lives.

Our industry does not respect tradition - it only respects innovation.

Our ambitions are bold and so must be our desire to change and evolve our culture.

The way I measure my life is 'Am I better than I was last year?'

Many companies aspire to change the world. But very few have all the elements required: talent, resources and perseverance. Microsoft has proven that it has all three in abundance.

Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world.

I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career.

I marvel every day at how people can excel - and that’s what really gets me going.

If you are going to have a risk-taking culture, you can't really look at every failure as a failure, you've got to be able to look at the failure as a learning opportunity.

. . . Absurdism was really just realism seen from close to the bottom.

I know you miss me but what do you do about that?

You have to create circumstances where your first-tier leader knows what you are trying to accomplish, because he is the one who's going to get it done.

We like to think of life as a constant ... Yet it can be ended in a heartbeat.

His is a loving, tender hand, full of sympathy and compassion.

The first step is to take weapons off the streets and to put more police on them.

We stop the one who can't cease from seeking things outside, and practice with our bodies with a posture that seeks absolutely nothing. This is zazen.

Cultivate the habit of laughter.

I would never do it because if I took steroids, I would hit 60 or 70 home runs.

Every action has its pleasures and its price.