"Shoot for the moon and if you miss you will still be among the stars."

"Make each day count by setting specific goals to succeed, then putting forth every effort to exceed your own expectations."

"Review your goals twice every day in order to be focused on achieving them."

"It takes someone with a vision of the possibilities to attain new levels of experience. Someone with the courage to live his dreams."

"In my family, in the days prior to television, we liked to while away the evenings by making ourselves miserable, solely based on our ability to speak the language viciously."

"For me specifically, it was important to graduate. In my family, I was one of the first graduates. My mom did not have a college degree. My dad did not have a college degree."

"I grew up in Minnesota. Four generations of my father's people are buried there."

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