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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Every time you think all the technology that had been created already, all you have to do is look around and then there’s someone new who’s born with a new idea.

I don’t want to be able to see the audience

I feel fortunate that I was able to step away from it when I wasn’t interested.

Its such an egotistical thing to be able to just stand there and say, Action! Its like being a little mini-god.

We stayed very close to each other [with Leek Kirk], and Lee was amazing.

The ‘I think’ which Kant said must be able to accompany all my objects, is the ‘I breathe’ which actually does accompany them.

I feel like making music because – and this has much to do with the way I was able to make this record – there’s more of myself in it.

I’m not concentrated or concerned with any other factors rather than just being able to do the best job that I can.

Was it the forgetfulness of old age or personal incapacity that made the man able to say please but not thank you?