There has never been a time when a career in the Penney Company was not a challenge that brought out the best in a man.

Selling is our No. 1 job. Never get away from selling a lot of merchandise personally. The more you sell the more you learn.

My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.

The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds.

I grew up in a Chinese family where the parents' No. 1 priority is the kids' education.

I'm blessed because I had my mom as a teacher - sixth through eighth grade - and she is one of the best teachers I've ever had.

People say, 'Are you going to be beating up one side or the other side?' It's everybody. It's the entire education establishment that is in power.

The teaching fellow establishes the atmosphere of a class in the first few meetings. I have found that students appreciate having the ground rules clearly defined from the start.