I was always fascinated by the decision-making process and the managerial process and just business in general.

Whenever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.

I was the night foreman of a galvanizing factory, which is hot and smelly and dirty and miserable.

I am placed in situations with opportunities in those situations that others are not. I don't believe that that is happenstance. I believe that there is a God that has a plan for me.

It's by far the hardest transaction I've ever been involved with, but I still think it has enormous underlying value,

Music plays a very important role in my life. I'm a frustrated musician. I play the drums.