I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.

Terrorism is not new to black people.

My mother was the president of the PTA at every school I attended.

You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.

I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sitting up here on the 62nd floor of Rockefeller Plaza? No.

Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a process. And to make it work, the pressure and incentive have to come from the top.