Larry Ellison on Winning: Everyone else must fail
Ellison’s favorite saying is a phrase from legendary warrior Genghis Khan: “It’s not sufficient I succeed. Everyone else must fail.” Ellison has an extensive collection of Japanese artifacts, including this set of armor that was put on display at San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum.
.. “I suppose you can say to anyone who wants to win so badly, who am I winning for? Am I winning for Oracle shareholders or is this simply a matter of personal vanity? I admit to it, mea culpa. An awful lot of it is personal vanity,” Ellison said to 60 Minutes in 2004. “I think we are curious about ourselves.”