Ken Langone

You got what you want on this deal, but I never wanted the business we can look at.

And I feel strongly about that.

And the best testimony is I never had a fear of client or a potential partner in a deal saying something bad about me because I did okay.

I said, I do okay.

You see where I started, the city where I am right this minute.

And it's okay to bargain for it.

But when you're done, you're done.

And he was shocked.

I told him, you got your deal.

You got exactly what you want.

Now you got it.

Frankly, I said, I thought you had a great deal last night, but obviously you thought there might be more on the table.

So I won't disappoint you.

By the way, that company turned out to be a home run.

We did okay.

So that's the philosophy of life.

I pride myself on that.

I think there's nothing more precious in my life other than my family than my word.

My mother and father, they were humble, uneducated, but incredibly honorable people.

But just how they lived their lives, that was really where it was chiseled hold to me.