Sports Illustated – November 21st

• “It ain’t about them, it’s about us – that’s the attitude you have to have.  Coach (Jim) Harbaugh?  That’s how he and his coaches are.  Look at his swag.  I love it.” – Frank Gore
• “All he (QB Alex Smith) needed was a good coaching staff with the right tools and the right techniques, the right reads, to get in and teach him what to do.” – Donte Whitner
• “It’s really a team effort.  Outsiders might not believe in us, but it’s like Coach Harbaugh says, ‘It’s what we think inside these walls that matters.” – Justin Smith

Fast Company magazine – September 2011

• “Change only materializes if the consumer is asking for it…They can force everyone in the supply chain to comply with what they want.” – Christian Schindler, director of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation
• “It’s never easy to be your own man and your father’s son, but David (Lauren) is absolutely both.” – Anna Wintour
• “Ralph Lauren is not an architect, but he has a vision when he walks into a store.  That’s the same vision I have when I go on the Internet.  This is how I want the brand to unfold.” – David Lauren
• “Our intention was never to launch a website.  Our intention was to build a media brand.” – Lauren
• “The essence of innovation is you don’t know what you’re going to build, what’s it’s going to be called, how much it’s going to cost.” – Michael Bloomberg

Fast Company magazine October 2011

• “Any country that’s going to be competitive in the not-so-distant future is going to need a large developer community.  If very few women go into it, we’re losing half of our reliable community immediately.” – Evan Korth on computer programmers
• “What the great American brands do is reconcile simplicity with complexity.” – Brian Collins
• “We lead the world in hopeful answers to new problems.” – Mark Dziersk
• “Design is an iterative process of learning, exploring, prototyping, testing, and refining.  It’s indicative of the American way.  Nothing is ever a one-shot deal.  This is the land of opportunity, of second or third or even fourth chances.” – Michelle Berryman
• “Sometimes we prefer the quick fix over the long haul.  Our culture isn’t necessarily disciplined or long-suffering.” – Laura Guido-Clark
• “Good design is not about thinking outside the box.  It’s about finding the right box to think inside.” – Aza Raskin
• “There is no story quite like the one you get when you turn on a mic or camera and just let someone talk.” – Jake Barton

Fast Company magazine – July/August 2011 

• “Ten years ago, people didn’t think women would buy clothes online and now clothes and accessories are the largest online category…Art is the next luxury category on the web.” – Catherine Levene
• “Best-in-class retailers compete on more than price.” – James Bickers

Sports Illustrated – June 20th

• “(Derek) Jeter is an example of taking something you do that is good and making it great.” – Paul O’Neill

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