“One of my beliefs about leadership is it's not how many followers you have, but how many people you have with different opinions that you can bring together and try to be a good listener.”

“Loyalty and friendship trumps politics for me.”

“When you do well, everybody's after you, and sometimes the motives are legitimate, and sometimes it's envy and jealousy.”

“Envy and jealousy are incurable diseases.”

“Leadership is about stepping up when it's the appropriate time and then making sure everyone knows that we're all on the same page.”

“One of my beliefs about leadership is it's not how many followers you have, but how many people you have with different opinions that you can bring together and try to be a good listener.”

“Anyone who starts piercing the bubble of happiness, get 'em out of your life.”

“A lot of people have their big dreams and get knocked down and don't have things go their way. And you never give up hope, and you really just hold on to it. Hard work and perserverance. You just keep getting up and getting up, and then you get that breakthrough.”