We Are Not In The

Remember: You'll Be Left With An Empty Feeling If You Hit The Finish Line Alone. When You Run A Race As A Team, Though, You'll Discover That Much Of The Reward Comes From Hitting The Tape Together. You Want To Be Surrounded Not Just By Cheering Onlookers But By A Crowd Of Winners, Celebrating As One.

The Future Of America Is Not An Entitlement. We Have Been Given A Treasure Chest Of Gifts And Opportunities, But Some People Are Being Left Behind, And Success Is Not Sustainable Unless It Is Shared.

I Think Starbucks Created A Platform And, Ultimately, A Runway For Many Other Companies To Emulate. I Suspect If We Had Not Achieved What We Have, There Would Have Been Many Regional Brands That Would Have Succeeded. But I'm Not Sure There Would Have Been A National Brand Of The Scope Of Starbucks.

I Do Think - As Self-serving As It Sounds - That I Was The Right Person, Given The Very, Very Strong Headwind We Had From The Economy And Our Own Issues, To Come Back And Rewrite The Future Of The Company.

I Could've Just Walked Away But I Never Could Have Forgiven Myself To Allow Starbucks To Drift Into Mediocrity Or Not Be Relevant. I Just Couldn't Be A Bystander.