"Analytics is just as important to the survival of 21st century man as the ability to walk erect was to the evolution of our hominid forbears. The ones who do so thrive and prosper; the ones who don't ..."

"I continue to be amazed at how creative people are leveraging data and information through advanced analytical methods."

"The greatest benefit to the Competing on Analytics discussion was to learn and to understand how other industries employ analytical decision tools within their business to create a sustainable competitive advantage within their industries. My challenge, when I return home, will be to try and incorporate these robust tools and methodologies into my business challenges."

"It is not my job to have all the answers, but it is my job to ask lots of penetrating, disturbing and occasionally almost offensive questions as part of the analytic process that leads to insight and refinement."

"In business, as in baseball, the question isn’t whether or not you’ll jump into analytics. The question is when. Do you want to ride the analytics horse to profitability … or follow it with a shovel?"

"When the history is written 200 years from now … we are becoming rational, analytical, and data driven in a far wider range of activity than we ever have been before."