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Boxing is very one dimensional. You can hit to the head, you can hit to the body. As soon as two guys get into a clinch, you're separated.
Am I a little rough around the edges? Do I say things that people don't like sometimes? Do I swear a lot? Yes, yes, yes. Life's hard, man.
Whatever course you have chosen for yourself, it will not be a chore but an adventure if you bring to it a sense of the glory of striving.
Agribusiness could provide an opportunity for joint Israeli-Palestinian projects, spurred on by Israeli technical expertise in this field.
The philosophy I shared... was one of ambition - ambition to succeed, ambition to grow, ambition to move forward - backed up by hard work.
The employees who share innovative ideas may also be the folks who have some hidden talents that would help incorporate their suggestions.
Every step of the way, I made a point to underpromise and overdeliver. In the long run, that's the only way to ensure security in any job.
The Starbucks customer and the Teavana customer are two very different customers, two different need states that are highly complimentary.
There is no discussion inside this boardroom to say we've got to get into this or that. We look at every growth opportunity on its merits.
Until you're prepared to kill your parents, you're not really prepared to change the country because our parents are our first oppressors.
Used to be marketing was viewed as the people with crayons and scissors who did creative work. Now it's seen as central to driving growth.
Everyone - whether it's the Jews, the Greeks, the Catholics - everybody is entitled to religious beliefs and entitled to their traditions.
When we reach out to assist the least of Heavenly Father's children, we do it unto Him. That is the essence of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required.
Your parents ask you to follow the standard path: School, job, security. Is this really the best way? I don't think so - be your own boss!
When I got to the Mavericks people were all giving me advice - change this, change that - and one thing that I didn't do was fire anybody.
A lot has changed due to the rise of smartphones and the proliferation of social media: today, visual content is the language of our time.
My twenties were my practice. My thirties were when I really hit my stride with GoPro and did all the heavy lifting to build the business.
It is only through developing and maximizing all its natural resources that a sustainable future for Africa and its people can be secured.
All the time and effort people devote to picking the right fund, the hot hand, the great manager have, in most cases, led to no advantage.
It is about attention to detail and then the minutest detail on top of that. I am an owner, and yet I'll argue about the sign on the wall.
I have always been very confident and very upbeat about the future potential of India. I think it is a great country with great potential.
I'm scared of one man, one vote because it suggests that everybody has an equal ability at making decisions, and I think that's dangerous.
I'm just saying that if you understand how the economic machine works, it just works like a machine. There are cause-effect relationships.
When you need advice- do you seek someone who has proven success or do you get advice from people who have never achieved what you desire?
Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise. They're absolutely free and worth a fortune.
We really must recover our financial performance and take Nintendo back into the position in the marketplace where it is well appreciated.
I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.
The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do.
If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.
I run in a local park two or three times a week. I probably should do more than I do, but I also do weight-lifting along with that cardio.
It's not always easy growing up in an inner-city area, but in my music I want to show people that you can turn it into something positive.
By 2025, 80 percent of the functions doctors do will be done much better and much more cheaply by machines and machine learned algorithms.
There are not many companies in China that dare to say in public, 'We don't offer bribes', or companies that operate only by market rules.
Big companies have trouble with innovation. Innovation is about bad ideas, or ideas that look like bad ideas. That's the fundamental thing.
People go to Disney because they know its brand attributes. We believe we have an opportunity to go with our content directly to consumers.
When you think about it, media's the intersection of content and technology - it's all about storytelling, like photography and the camera.
Had a nice conversation with Tim Cook today. Discussed my opinion that a larger buyback should be done now. We plan to speak again shortly.
Free market capitalism has done more for the soul of the human race than any other system. And it's created the highest standard of living.
Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your family to read. You wouldn't tell lies to your own wife. Don't tell them to mine.
Never use jargon words like 'reconceptualize', 'demassification', 'attitudinally', 'judgmentally'. They are hallmarks of a pretentious ass.
This country has had 200 years of hegemony over the rest of the world, and it feels like our politicians, they just want to give that back.
I very, very much want to be involved in helping those senators, congressmen, and women who support the principles that made America great.
As I have said many times - my father was a great fan of Bill Dickey's and he certainly loved the Yankees. I hope that he would be pleased.
To be a champion, you have to learn to handle stress and pressure. But if you've prepared mentally and physically, you don't have to worry.
It's only lonely at the top if you forget all the people you met along the way and fail to acknowledge their contributions to your success.
And make sure that capital structure we have in place is the right capital structure. I think that's the reason that we've been successful.
Giving back is something that comes from the heart to me. It's not that I do it because it's the right thing: I do it because I want do it.
When companies fail, or fail to grow, it's almost always because they don't invest in the people, the systems, and the processes they need.
It's one thing to dream, but when the moment is right, you've got to be willing to leave what's familiar and go out to find your own sound.