Bill Gates

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

Bill Gates

How you gather, manage and use information will determine whether you win or lose.

Bill Gates

I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions they will be moved to act.

Bill Gates

I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.

Bill Gates

I want to admit that I am an optimist. Any tough problem, I think it can be solved.

Bill Gates

I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time. But many others were also in the same place. The difference was that I took action.

Bill Gates

If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.

Bill Gates

In my parents I saw a model where they were really always communicating, doing things together. They were really kind of a team. I wanted some of that magic myself.

Bill Gates

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

Bill Gates

Leaders need to provide strategy and direction and to give employees tools that enable them to gather information and insight from around the world. Leaders shouldn’t try to make every decision.

Bill Gates