I learned this early on in the variety business: You've got to give folks responsibility, you've got to trust them, and then you've got to check on them.

I learned early on that one of the secrets of campus leadership was the simplest thing of all: speak to people coming down the sidewalk before they speak to you. I would always look ahead and speak to the person coming toward me. If I knew them I would call them by name, but even if I didn't I would still speak to them.

I've never been one to dwell on reverses.

Sam Walton Quotes