“Too many people today on Wall Street go for the quickbuck at the expense of their reputation and client satisfaction, therationale being “let’s make the money while we can and retire earlyin the sun.” For me, this is not a sprint but a marathon, besides thefact that, in my definition, overnight success is 15 years. Anyone whodoes not understand the basic tenets of this philosophy is not someoneI can or will do business with.”

“Think like a maverick, Fight like a gladiator, Love with a humble heart and Die for a cause worth dying for... Be a "game changer"....The basic tenets of my life philosophy.”

“The Key point in making money is, you can tell some big shot where to go.”

“When people tell you that thisvenerable firm or private investor invested X millions of dollars inthat entity and that it is a good investment, be skeptical and stay opento the option of running as far as you can in the opposite direction.We have all seen the biggest names on Wall Street along with thelargest sovereign wealth funds on the planet make the dumbest investmentsever made. Do your due diligence; ask the right questions, andmost important, check out the character of the people involved unlessyou want to end up being prey to another master of the universe àla Bernie Madoff.”

“Markets go up. Markets go down. We always make money.... Get used to it”

“If more people learned to understand their real business interests correctly and to act accordingly, we would have a much better world.”

“Difference between rich and wealthy? Wall Street bankers are rich but they are no wealthy.Wealthy people are the ones writing their checks.”