Quotations

«[Many executives, particularly those of Pottruck's age and tax bracket, would simply have retired, using that competitive fire to improve their handicaps. But for Pottruck, the best coping strategy was simply to charge ahead, to believe that what came next was just as important as what had come before. By September, he had settled into luxurious new offices (paid for by Schwab as part of his severance agreement) that overlooked San Francisco's Embarcadero, just 10 blocks from Schwab's offices.] There is going to be mourning, ... but successful people let go of the past as quickly as they can. You can't mourn at the same time you have a new beginning because it drags the new beginning down.»

«They have no wheelchair for him, he can barely walk, he has a cast on his left leg and he's in severe pain,»

«He is not a flight risk. Where is he going? I'm his wife. We have two beautiful daughters and two grandsons. His pastor, his bishop, his friends have been here all his life. Where is he going? Every time this comes up it becomes even more ridiculous. This man is not a flight risk,»

«There was no violence, no aggression and we find imposing a banning order would be disproportionate on this occasion.»