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

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

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.

I grew up in rural Alabama, 50 miles from Montgomery, in a very loving, wonderful family: wonderful mother, wonderful father. We attended church; we went to Sunday school every Sunday.

September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.

Terrorism is not new to black people.