“I couldn’t keep pace, so I looked to do my own things.”

an assumption that has resulted in the rapid expansion of the real estate securitization business.

We must continually reinvent ourselves, responding to changing times with innovative new business models.

In my experience, in the real-estate business past success stories are generally not applicable to new situations.

We intend to conduct our business in a way that not only meets but exceeds the expectations of our customers, business partners, shareholders, and creditors, as well as the communities in which we operate and society at large.

This trend could be regarded as a risk factor, as it exposes the real estate sector to at least three potential problems: first, interest rate hikes; second, revisions to securitization business accounting standards; and third, overheating in the real estate market.

Today the strategies of many companies in the real estate industry are premised on low interest rates.

A boat can’t have two captains.

In my family, there were Kei and Minoru and then there were the rest. Everyone in my family is very opinionated and everyone tried to join the debate. But by the time my turn came, there was nothing left to say.

To be a liar, you’ve got to have a great memory, and I don’t have a memory.

What really matters is what you do with what you have.

Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving, still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.

Age doesn’t affect driving – how do you like that?

I’m doing the shows. The stage is my canvas; I’ll put whatever up there for the visible eye.

The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain.

My feet ain’t got nothing to do with my nickname, but when folks get it in their heads that a feller’s got big feet, soon the feet start looking big.

It’s funny what a few no-hitters do for a body.