Dad endorsed my learning to fly so he would have a live-in pilot, one he could get in touch with at any time.

While we share the same set of values, we can - and do - have different business interests. Dad has been there to give me career advice along the way, but he has always let me call the play.

If we can't have a great team and a winning team, then I will not be an N.B.A. owner very long.

I put it in the back of my mind that someday I would fly around the world.

There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.

In the earlier years of my career, I made my own attempts to fit in and be accepted as one of the tribe of Sand Hill Road guys.

People will meet me and say, 'You're not really a Tory.' And I'll say I've been a Tory all my life - my politics have hardly changed. It is about making a society that is just and kinder to people.

I was enjoying life at West Ham; I really was. I wanted to do the whole five years there, become a favourite with the fans, and end my career there.