I thought to myself, Join the army. It's free. So I figured while I'm here I'll lose a few pounds.
I've found that if you wear a beret, people think you're either a cabdriver or a producer of dirty movies.
A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.

