When they take surveys of women in business of the Fortune 500 the successful women 80% of them say they were in sports as a young woman.

After hurting myself like that I could not go back immediately to racing. I was in no condition mentally or physically. That helped me to strengthen myself to go through the hard times that were ahead with my business and to be successful.

The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.

A successful economic development strategy must focus on improving the skills of the area's workforce reducing the cost of doing business and making available the resources business needs to compete and thrive in today's global economy.

I'm a big fan of small business ownership. I think it's the backbone of American innovation. But to be successful you first have to have the courage to go for it.

If you were successful somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.

When did it become a problem to be a small businessman and become successful? The small businessman - like my father or like me?

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense without the grace of genius can deal with successfully.