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

Our ambitions are bold and so must be our desire to change and evolve our culture.

I sign up for more online courses than I can complete. I fundamentally believe that if you are not learning new things, you stop doing great and useful things. So family, curiosity and hunger for knowledge all define me.

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.

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.

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.

When a car’s ahead of you, as long as you can see it, you get a tow, just like the draft in NASCAR.

You’ll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

A lifetime contract for a coach means if you’re ahead in the third quarter and moving the ball, they can’t fire you.

The great person is ahead of their time, the smart make something out of it, and the blockhead, sets themselves against it.

Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really bitter, the U.S. steps in and blocks it.

A simple life, a good life. And think about moving the whole human race ahead a step, or a few steps.

I enjoy competition. I enjoy challenges. If a challenge is in front of me and it appeals to me, I will go ahead and conquer it.

When I do something, I do it full steam ahead.