“He was easy to talk to, and easy not to talk toequally important qualities in a friend.”

“He was easy to talk to, and easy not to talk to-equally important qualities in a friend. Essential in a travel companion.”

“Business is no more about making money than the human body is about making blood. Yes you need to make the stuff, but only to serve your higher aims.”

“Beating the competition is relatively easy. Beating yourself is a never-ending commitment.”

“Like books, sports give people a sense of having lived other lives, of taking part in other peoples victories. And defeats. When sports are at their best, the spirit of the fan merges with the spir...”

“Id tell men and women in their midtwenties not to settle for a job or a profession or even a career. Seek a calling. Even if you dont know what that means, seek it. If youre following your calling,...”

“If you hire people just because they can do a job, theyll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, theyll work for you with blood and sweat and tears.”

“My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. Tha...”

“Dont worry, Im not quitting. Ive decided Im going to stay andmake his life a living hell while I run his business into the ground.--Kim to Abe”

“Percy muttered. I want to drown her. Be patient, water boy. Dont call me water boy.”

“Percy muttered. ‘I want to drown her.’ ‘Be patient, water boy.’ ‘Don’t call me water boy.”

“The thoughts that occur to me while Im running are like clouds in the sky. Clouds of all different sizes. They come and they go, while the sky remains the same sky always. The clouds are mere guest...”

“Running cleared the day's cobwebs from my mind and focused my thinking, and gave me time and space to sort out anything that was bothering me, or to detach and think of nothing at all.”

“When Douglas walked, his mind ran, when he ran, his mind walked.”