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The One Thing That I Think Separates Microsoft From A Lot Of Other People Is We Make Bold Bets. We're Persistent About Them, But We Make Them. A Lot Of People Won't Make A Bold Bet. A Bold Bet Doesn't Assure You Of Winning, But If You Make No Bold Bets You Can't Continue To Succeed. Our Industry Doesn't Allow You To Rest On Your Laurels Forever. I Mean, You Can Milk Any Great Idea. Any Idea That Turns Out To Be Truly Great Can Be Harvested For Tens Of Years. On The Other Hand, If You Want To Continue To Be Great, You've Got To Bet On New Things, Big, Bold Bets.

I Don't Have A Lot Of Experience Running Basketball Teams.i'm Just Trying To Get Smart Enough Even To Understand Everything Going On. As Much Of A Fan As I Am, I Haven't Played The Game Since Ninth-grade. If You Told Me When I Bought The Team That There Were 12 Kinds Of Pick And Rolls, I Would've Told You I Have No Frickin' Clue About That.

Our Mail Product, Hotmail, Is The Market Leader Globally.

You Can Have An Apple In The Phone Business, Or A Rim, And They Can Do Very Well, But When 1.3 Billion Phones A Year Are All Smart, The Software That's Gonna Be Most Popular In Those Phones Is Gonna Be Software That's Sold By Somebody Who Doesn't Make Their Own Phones.

I’d Like To Own Microsoft Shares Until I Either Give Something To Charity Or I Die.