"I had an advantage. I had no money."

"Walton also had an allergy for bureaucracy. He wanted to reduce the number of layers in the company, from chairman to the store associates."

"I'm a firm believer that if you just keep plugging away, you're going to get there."

"I'd rather have them calling me 'cheap Sam' than 'extravagant Sam.'"

"I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't go to work every day."