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Sometimes your worst competitors are the ones which are dying because they do stupid things. — John Caudwell

I really do feel guilty that I don't visit me mum enough. — John Caudwell

At the end of the day, if you've got the great idea, and someone judges you've got the managerial capability, you'll probably get the backing for it. — John Caudwell

I do want to keep the Wedgewood Collection in place, intact, and open to the public. Selling it off would be a real tragedy. — John Caudwell

I realised I've got quite a talent for coming up with ideas for design. I've got so many ideas about fashion. — John Caudwell

I had challenges to overcome as a child, and that was good. — John Caudwell

My main commitment is to Caudwell Children. I put more than Â£1m a year into the charity, besides a lot of time and effort. — John Caudwell

E-mails are the cancer of modern business. — John Caudwell

When my back's to the wall, I want to fight. — John Caudwell

People can come to me, and no matter how expert they are, I can virtually always see a way of doing something better. — John Caudwell

I do not put my tastes as incredibly expensive, but they are incredibly expensive for an average man. — John Caudwell

Business is about being the best that you can be, and there are always glowing examples of people that we can all learn from. — John Caudwell

I always switch off from the business when I go across the threshold. Home is home, and I try to keep it that way. — John Caudwell

People are much more important than superficial environments. — John Caudwell

OK, I've made a preposterous amount of money. But I was born with the attributes needed to do it. — John Caudwell

I was always interested in ladies' fashion. — John Caudwell

If I died tomorrow, I would regret growing so wealthy and still running the business when there are so many more people I could have helped. — John Caudwell

I'd much rather leave Â£2bn to charity, or Â£3bn or Â£4bn, than Â£1bn. That is my motivation to carry on working as hard as I do. — John Caudwell

I suppose I have very undesirable traits. I am very critical, which is very undesirable. But it is good from a business point of view. — John Caudwell

I just wasn't academic. I wanted to be in the real world. — John Caudwell

If you throw money around like confetti, it just becomes shallow and meaningless. — John Caudwell

I don't like paying too much for anything or wasting it. I think that I'm more of a balanced individual rather than a dichotomy. — John Caudwell

Those of us who have yet to find philanthropy may find there is a far greater reward from it than from wealth creation. — John Caudwell

I'm a capitalist. I'm not going to feel sympathetic to people leading a life they don't have to lead who, with effort, could maybe break out of it. — John Caudwell

I believe in workers' rights when people are doing a good job. — John Caudwell

Knowing that my ancestry had all been quite wealthy and owned their own businesses probably left me with the ambition to replicate what they'd done. — John Caudwell

I couldn't even contemplate anyone even making a film about my life! — John Caudwell

I would be the first to say that while a lack of money can cause misery, money doesn't buy you happiness. — John Caudwell

I do like a healthy dose of adrenalin, but my character is more rounded. I am not timid; I like excitement. — John Caudwell

Mine was quite a working-class childhood with very little money, and my father was out of work a couple of times, which had quite a traumatic effect. — John Caudwell

I saw that e-mail was insidiously invading Phones 4u, so I banned it immediately. — John Caudwell

It's important to show children love, affection and balance and invest time in their moral upbringing. — John Caudwell

I'm addicted to the deal, to the next thing. It's irresistible. — John Caudwell

Journalists like to say I started off sweeping the pottery floors. But it was just a short-lived part time job doing that after I left school. — John Caudwell

'Titania' is the best yacht currently afloat of its kind and size. There is very little, if anything, that anybody would go wanting for on 'Titania.' — John Caudwell

I'm in the lucky position that I can help a huge amount of people. It's a great privilege and freedom to have. — John Caudwell

As the years passed, and I was nine, 10, 11 years old, it became obvious I was going to start up a business of some sort. — John Caudwell