As an investor-entrepreneur, I've always tried to be contrarian, to go against the crowd, to identify opportunities in places where people are not looking.

I particularly liked the people who had had the wind knocked clear out of them but proved they could run even harder in the next race.

Don't play with businesses that can't win. Businesses that are number 3, number 5 in their market - Christ couldn't fix those businesses. They're going to lose anyway.

I suppose my formula might be: dream, diversify and never miss an angle.

You should treat your marriage like a business that you wouldn't want to let fail.

When it rains, you put up an umbrella. That is the secret of success in business and management.