As you get bigger and your customer base gets as older, you're forced to become stodgy and conservative.

As you get bigger and your customer base gets as older, you're forced to become stodgy and conservative.

It means everything. Having grown up in Las Vegas, it gives you a sense of accomplishment and appreciation.

It means everything. Having grown up in Las Vegas, it gives you a sense of accomplishment and appreciation.

I knew we'd have to bring our 'A' game, ... But I never expected our best score in the state read more

I knew we'd have to bring our 'A' game, ... But I never expected our best score in the state tournament.

We could see a movement in the country toward food and fitness, and we thought we could be successful in read more

We could see a movement in the country toward food and fitness, and we thought we could be successful in that niche.

People have told us in letters and phone calls that they have to jog from Lincoln Center to make their read more

People have told us in letters and phone calls that they have to jog from Lincoln Center to make their train. We hear plenty of tales of missed trains.

and once it leaves their hands it's someone else's problem.

and once it leaves their hands it's someone else's problem.

I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. read more

I made a $50 bet -- a lot of money then -- with my coach that I'd win a medal. I woke up that morning and thought, 'don't get to the bottom and wish you had a second chance, because in the Olympics, you don't get a second chance.' I was so in the moment; I wanted to feel it, I wanted to be in it -- I've used that metaphor for the rest of my life.

I have invented the Thermometer style.

I have invented the Thermometer style.

The rich man in his castle, / The poor man at his gate, / God made them, high or lowly, read more

The rich man in his castle, / The poor man at his gate, / God made them, high or lowly, / And ordered their estate.