I've always had that obsessive will to win and a commitment to excellence.
Sumner Redstone - Winning - Commitment - Improvement

I knew very little about television, I knew very little about cable, cable programming. But my instincts were right.
Sumner Redstone - Media - Instinct

I listen to my daughter. I listen to Paula, but I make the decisions. The decision to say goodbye to Cruise was mine.
Sumner Redstone - Decisions - Advice

One doesn't accept bad challenges. Part of it is always the risk-taking without seeing that the risks are rational and the rewards are commensurate.. are more than commensurate.. with the risks.
Sumner Redstone - Challenges - Risk

When I lose my marbles which is never, when I lose my energy, I travel the world today for Viacom, China, Turkey, Dubai, Kuwait. When that happens, I'll know enough to retire, but that's never gonna happen. I'm here for forever.
Sumner Redstone - Retirement - Optimistic - Hard Work

At the time we acquired Viacom, everyone said I had overpaid. But even at today's depressed prices, that investment is worth billions. Everyone was saying MTV was a fad. I knew better.
Sumner Redstone - Media - Buying - Instinct - Advice - Investing

We all have to decide how we are going to fail.. by not going far enough or by going too far.
Sumner Redstone - Decisions - Challenges - Risk - Failure

In order to succeed, you have to live dangerously.. as long as the danger is rationally accepted and as long as the rewards far outweigh the risk.
Sumner Redstone - Risk - Success

The explosion was good. It sent a message to the rest of the world that the time of the big star getting all this money is over. And it is! I would like to think that what I did, or what we did, has had a salutary effect on the rest of the industry. (Sumner talking about firing Tom Cruise)
Sumner Redstone - Media - Wages

Success is not built on success. It's built on failure. It's built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.
Sumner Redstone - Challenges - Failure - Success - Frustration