I treat business a bit like a computer game. I count money as points. I’m doing really well: making lots of money and lots of points.

If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.

One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don’t choose your passions; your passions choose you.

No man was ever wise by chance.

If you don’t have a competitive advantage

Wonder what your customer really wants? Ask. Don’t tell.

Success is how high you bounce after you hit bottom.

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

Insist on yourself. Never imitate.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

Commitment leads to action. Action brings your dream closer.

Don’t take too much advice. Most people who have a lot of advice to give — with a few exceptions — generalize whatever they did. Don’t over-analyze everything. I myself have been guilty of over-thinking problems. Just build things and find out if they work.

Start today, not tomorrow. If anything, you should have started yesterday.

Always deliver more than expected.

Follow your honest convictions, and stay strong.

Every time I took these bigger risks, the opportunity for a bigger payout was always there.

Every artist was first an amateur.

I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

People who succeed have momentum. The more they succeed, the more they want to succeed, and the more they find a way to succeed. Similarly, when someone is failing, the tendency is to get on a downward spiral that can even become a self-fulfilling prophecy.