“A lot of entrepreneurs let ego get in the way. You’ve got to be the conductor. You can’t play all the instruments yourself. You have to get others to work together.”

My wife and I work out together almost every day. It’s just a great way to spend time together. We’re going to run a marathon together later this year, and that’s one more goal that we’ll accomplish as husband and wife.

Nobody would be left to round out the workforce and execute the business plan.

And within the world that you’ve created, the physics of that world have to remain constant; they can’t be amorphous and changing.

Because of the fact that we’ve been through so much, we’re going to appreciate every step of being parents. I think we’re going to savor it and cherish it and we’re going to be the best parents we can be.

It is up to us not to bury that potential we have.

Chicago is seriously my favorite city in the country. People have roots here, which is nice. When you go to Los Angeles, no one is actually from Los Angeles.

It’s more and more difficult to get through to your audience with all of the clutter. This is a great way for Ace to get [its] message out.

When you lose your hair, it has an impact on confidence and your overall self-esteem whether it affects your career or your love life.

I had a very good job in corporate America, but I quickly knew that was not how I was wired.

I’d wear flip-flops and jeans. I guess that’s not cool.

This was our last stop. This was it. We had those two embryos that we had banked prior to learning about the breast cancer, and with the medicine she was on, this was our last effort. The prayers were answered.

To the new ‘Apprentice’ candidates I would say to follow your gut instincts, be yourself and get ready to work hard for the next few months. Oh, and try to have some fun!

The American Dream is still alive out there, and hard work will get you there. You don’t necessarily need to have an Ivy League education or to have millions of dollars startup money. It can be done with an idea, hard work and determination.

I was into real estate. I was always an entrepreneur.

Leadership is not a popularity contest; it’s about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title.

Infinity is just time on an ego trip.

If you check your ego at the door when it comes to comedy, you’ve got a pretty good shot at making a great movie that you can commit yourself to, you can jump off the proverbial cliff with, and have a great time, and the audiences respond to that.

Chasing unavailable people is a sneak way for the ego to avoid intimacy.

The second noble truth says that this resistance is the mechanism of what we call ego, that resisting life causes suffering.

You’re living the skyscraper life up high just so your ego can soar high.

I am a perfectionist. This job is a total ego thing in a way. To be a designer and say, ‘This is the way they should dress; this is the way their homes should look; this is the way the world should be.’ But then, that’s the goal: world domination through style.

Power and energy games only exist in a relationship when the ego is at the wheel. When we heal our hearts, we can show up as mature beings in service to love.