“There's a story behind every person. There's a reason why they're the way they are. Think about that before you judge anyone.”

“When someone talks about their problems, it doesn't just mean they're complaining, it means they trust you enough to tell you.”

“Alwasy remember.... We are engaged in a battle for the continuation ofour capitalist, free-market economic model; our way of life; and ourliberty. The enemy is anticapitalist, believes in big government, embracescollectivist ideologies, and has, over the past century, infiltrated everylevel of our government and most of the banking industry. They don’t care about patriotism, although they may sport the red, white, andblue and the stars and stripes on their bumper stickers. They don’tcare about personal responsibility or civic duty. They don’t share yoursense of honor. All they care about is power and control over yourmoney and every aspect of your life.”

“Always remember... We are engaged in a battle for the continuation ofour capitalist, free-market economic model; our way of life; and ourliberty. The enemy is anticapitalist, believes in big government, embracescollectivist ideologies, and has, over the past century, infiltrated everylevel of our government and most of the banking industry. They don’t care about patriotism, although they may sport the red, white, andblue and the stars and stripes on their bumper stickers. They don’tcare about personal responsibility or civic duty. They don’t share yoursense of honor. All they care about is power and control over yourmoney and every aspect of your life.”

“It's all about the ripple effects of “wealth creation”. What comes after you make it matters much more than before.”

“Did anyone of those bullish investors ever think what would happen to the Treasury market if the Fed ever became a net seller of bonds?”

“I strongly believe in the factthat there’s still plenty of money and plenty of private equity capitalavailable around the globe. What are in short supply are great entrepreneursand great teams. A trading opportunity or a company’s biggestchallenge is and has always been the team behind it. There’s enormouschange under way in every facet of the world. Some is technologydriven, some is market driven. All that change creates unprecedentedopportunity, but to take full advantage of such opportunities I mostlyfocus on the team. The right teams and right people behind thoseopportunities always win. There is no secret sauce. Trading and investinghas, in my experience, boiled down to building relationships andexchanging value. It consists of striking the right balance betweenbacking and interacting with the right teams with the right businessmodel at the right time and with the right amount of money.”