“The key to making a company great is the discipline to march "20 miles a day," every day, on that hike, no matter what the weather or outside circumstances and avoiding the excuses to take a rest, because it's too hot or too cold or too rainy and promising to do 40 miles tomorrow.

-- Management guru Jim Collins talking about the keys to developing a successful business at the Biowest conference, "Ubl: healthcare 'homogeneous' for Dems, not 'at top' for GOP," pp. 1, 6.