"The most important thing in life is to love what you're doing because that's the only way you'll ever be really good at it.

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

Without passion, you don't have energy, without energy you have nothing. It's tangible, it's solid, it's beautiful. It's artistic, from my standpoint, and I just love real estate.

Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals."