"I just don't believe in paying full price for anything."

"You can learn from everybody."

"The key to success is to get out into the store and listen to what the associates have to say. It's terribly important for everyone to get involved. Our best ideas come from clerks and stock boys."

"I've always been a country boy at heart."

"I want you to promise that whenever you come within ten feet of a customer, you will look him in the eye, greet him, and ask him if you can help him."