"Thomas "Tom" Curley" is the former President of the Associated Press, the world's largest news organization. He retired in 2012.

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I now look back fondly at those being the most constructive years for preparing me for life in the real world, ... You have to have pretty thick skin and you have to have big shoulders.

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When you race, it's who's fastest, not who's the best blocker, ... I'm begging you to understand that principle. There are people that are faster and you must respect that.

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I learned a lot from observing my grandfather, a simple, honest, successful businessman, ... and from my various experiences at camp and in boarding schools.

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If someone has been working here five years and they screw up, I'm abusive.

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When we opened in June we had 15 cars and 500 people between the pits and the gate.

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You have to be ahead of the curve and ahead of everyone else, ... Everybody is so busy trying to make ends meet that they don't take time to look four years down the road.

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This is something we do every day.

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Twice my car got on fire, ... and after the second time I said, 'This isn't fun anymore.'

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The perfect was the enemy of the good.

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