"Work like hell. I mean you just have to put in 80 to 100 hour weeks every week. [This] improves the odds of success. If other people are putting in 40 hour workweeks and you're putting in 100 hour workweeks, then even if you're doing the same thing, you know that you will achieve in four months what it takes them a year to achieve."

"Talent is extremely important. It's like a sports team, the team that has the best individual player will often win, but then there's a multiplier from how those players work together and the strategy they employ."

"Starting and growing a business is as much about the innovation, drive, and determination of the people behind it as the product they sell."

"I don't create companies for the sake of creating companies, but to get things done."

"I don't spend my time pontificating about high-concept things; I spend my time solving engineering and manufacturing problems."

"I do think there is a lot of potential if you have a compelling product and people are willing to pay a premium for that. I think that is what Apple has shown. You can buy a much cheaper cell phone or laptop, but Apple's product is so much better than the alternative, and people are willing to pay that premium."

"I say something, and then it usually happens. Maybe not on schedule, but it usually happens."

"If you're co-founder or CEO, you have to do all kinds of tasks you might not want to do... If you don't do your chores, the company won't succeed... No task is too menial."

"People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working."

"A company is a group organized to create a product or service, and it is only as good as its people and how excited they are about creating. I do want to recognize a ton of super-talented people. I just happen to be the face of the companies."

"Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product."

"It's OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket."

"There's a tremendous bias against taking risks. Everyone is trying to optimize their ass-covering."

"I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better."

"Persistence is very important. You should not give up unless you are forced to give up."

"Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough."

"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor."

Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat for it is momentary." (Satyagraha Leaflet No. 13, 3 May 1919)

Every worthwhile accomplishment, big or little, has its stages of drudgery and triumph: a beginning, a struggle, and a victory.

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.

My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing from God as my successes and my talents and I lay them both at his feet.

When you are a successful business person, you are only as good as your team. No one can do every deal alone.

Every kid, every minority kid can be so successful if they focus on their education.

In life, winning and losing will both happen. What is never acceptable is quitting.