“I want to have one of the great investment records of all time.”

Investing is a business where you can look very silly for a long period of time before you are proven right.

I’ve seen very few people in the world accomplish anything unless they were optimists.

In the investing business you need a – a high degree of confidence but you also need a high degree of humbleness and you have to balance those two… Humbleness comes from mistakes.

You should surround yourself with people that believe in you, in life, and in business.

I am always prepared to do the right thing regardless of what other people think.

Everyone told me it was a really stupid idea to start my own hedge fund right out of business school. That’s how I knew that it was a good idea.

The untold secret of McDonald’s is that when you sell a restaurant to a franchisee, sales typically go up a lot because the franchisees do a much better job managing the store.

We invest generally in very good companies that have lost their way. And with better management, enormous value can be created.

Ultimately, investors are – are only as good as their track records.

Let me win? That doesn’t exist in my house. No one lets anyone win. Fight to the death.

You can learn investing by reading books.

Investing is one of the few things you can learn on your own.

What motivates people to succeed? Sex. People don’t like to admit it, but it’s the primal driver.

I love what I do. I don’t do it for the money. I work on behalf of investors that I like and want to do well for. I’m a competitive person.

What I love about tennis is that I’m better now than I was when I was 20.

If I believe that I am right, I will take it to the end of the earth until I am proven right.

Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.

There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It’s why you were born. And how you become most truly alive.

It’s hard to be humble when you’re as great as I am.

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don’t be afraid to take that first step.

Your greatest fears are created by your imagination. Don’t give in to them.

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend.

We must use time creatively – and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things.