“If you are going to have a risk-taking culture, you can’t really look at every failure as a failure, you’ve got to be able to look at the failure as a learning opportunity.”

That’s both because of the physicality of computing–where the speed of light still matters–and because of geopolitics.

Be passionate and bold.

This is a critical time for the industry and for Microsoft. Make no mistake, we are headed for greater places – as technology evolves and we evolve with and ahead of it. Our job is to ensure that Microsoft thrives in a mobile and cloud-first world.

I think playing cricket taught me more about working in teams and leadership that has stayed with me throughout my career.

The opportunity ahead for Microsoft is vast, but to seize it, we must focus clearly, move faster and continue to transform.

This notion of universal Windows apps is a very powerful concept because we’re now aggregating the 300-plus-million-socket run rate of Windows into one opportunity for our developers.

What was true then and what is true now is that we create technology so others can create more technology.

Be passionate and bold. Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don’t learn.

Microsoft is the productivity and platform company for the mobile-first and cloud-first world.

One of the key things in the tech business in particular is that you need to be able to push boundaries.

Like anyone else, a lot of what I do and how I think has been shaped by my family and my overall life experience. Many who know me say I am also defined by my curiosity and thirst for learning. I buy more books than I can finish.

In the post-Snowden world, you need to enable others to build their own cloud and have mobility of applications.

I marvel every day at how people can excel – and that’s what really gets me going.

You renew yourself every day. Sometimes you’re successful, sometimes your not, but it’s the average that counts.

Always keep learning. You stop doing useful things if you don’t learn. So the last part to me is the key, especially if you have had some initial success. It becomes even more critical that you have the learning ‘bit’ always switched on.

The best work happens when you know that it’s not just work, but something that will improve other people’s lives.

I haven’t been an actor who’s been able to pick and choose roles, and being a family man, it’s been about putting food on the table.

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.

It doesn’t matter who scores the points, it’s who can get the ball to the scorer.

You play a certain way for so long, and change is good. So I look forward to change, and I look forward to playing with the proper talent that we were able to put together.

I owe a debt to America that I will never be able to repay.

If you’re never able to tolerate a little bit of pain and discomfort, you’ll never get better.

I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.

Owing to the fact he was a mute they were able to give him all the qualities they wanted him to have.