My Kids Probably Started Drinking Coffee In

The Lifeblood Of Job Creation In America Is Small Business, But They Can't Get Access To Credit.

Post-9/11, We Saw An Immediate Uptick In The Amount Of People In Our Stores, All Over The Country. People Wanted That Human Connection. We Are Not Going To Fracture The Starbucks Experience.

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.

Customers Must Recognize That You Stand For Something.

My Mother Taught Me Something At A Young Age - She Said 'you Are The Company You Keep.' To Define Yourself By Some Label Or Some Level Of Resources - That's Pretty Shallow.