Business Leaders Cannot Be Bystanders.

When You Start A Company, It's A Singular Focus. You Have The Wind At Your Back.

I Do Think - As Self-serving As It Sounds - That I Was The Right Person, Given The Very, Very Strong Headwind We Had From The Economy And Our Own Issues, To Come Back And Rewrite The Future Of The Company.

Success Is Empty If You Arrive At The Finish Line Alone.

I Think Growth Covers Up Mistakes.

I Think Starbucks Created A Platform And, Ultimately, A Runway For Many Other Companies To Emulate. I Suspect If We Had Not Achieved What We Have, There Would Have Been Many Regional Brands That Would Have Succeeded. But I'm Not Sure There Would Have Been A National Brand Of The Scope Of Starbucks.