When my father left us, my mother went back to school immediately. She went to school in the day while we were at school, and she worked at night. She worked very hard to never let someone define her as a victim or a failure.

I am big on - even with our whole team - it's always about, well, what were the lessons learned? Something didn't work out? What are the lessons learned? What are the lessons learned?

This idea of 'New Collar' says for the jobs of the future here, there are many in technology that can be done without a four-year college degree and, therefore, 'New Collar' not 'Blue Collar,' 'White Collar.' It's 'New Collar.'

The ability to please your shareholders comes because of what you do for clients.

Above and beyond, not only are we an innovation company, we are in service of our clients.

Some people make their choice on size. I happen to not be a believer in that. I've often said, especially in an industry that's clamoring for growth, if I wanted size, I wouldn't have divested $8 billion of businesses.

When you're on a scale like we are in 170 countries and hundreds of thousands of people, you have a single point of view.

The social network will be the new production line.

With this emergence of big data and social mobility, you will, in fact, see the death of 'average,' Instead, you will see the era of you.

I believe that the idea of strategic beliefs may be more important than strategic planning when thinking about how you keep the long view.

Think about when a digital business marries up with what I'll call 'digital intelligence.' It is the dawn of a new era about being a 'cognitive' business. When every product, every service, how you run your company can actually have a piece that learns and thinks as part of it, you will be a cognitive business.

This century, the 21st century, will be the Indian century - and I really believe that.

India... what a big part you play in this story for IBM and for the world.

We share no data with the government anywhere in the world.

I never look at an acquisition really by size.

I think health care is absolutely ripe. It's an $8 trillion industry, lots of inefficiency in it.

You can engineer change.

Planes don't fly, trains don't run, banks don't operate without much of what IBM does.

Work on something that matters. Have courage.

You will have many more goals in the years ahead. But do not confuse a goal with a purpose.

I was always surrounded by people that wanted to mentor you.

I often sit back and say, 'Be sure about what I believe.'

I'm the ninth CEO of IBM. Every one of my predecessors has steered through a technological shift, and every one left the company in a better position than the person before them and prepared this company with a very strong balance sheet to allow it to continue to invest for the next shift.

When I think of revenue growth, I think of the words 'mix' and 'shift.'

There will be times you make decisions that actually detract from growth.

Just because you started your careers in a certain role, let's say hardware engineering, does not mean you'll end your careers in hardware.

A lot of people believe Italian food is tasty because there are a lot of ingredients. But they don't understand that the reason why it's tasty is because there are less ingredients than in any other cuisine.

I tell everybody that you haven't lived a good life if you haven't made a mistake.

I have a nap every afternoon like a little boy. Or an old man. Depending on how you look at it.

If I'm feeling nostalgic, the first thing I do is open a packet of spaghetti, olive oil in a pan, garlic, a little bit of chili, a sprinkle of fresh parsley, and that's it. It reminds me of my mum.

Venice is incredible. Although you may have seen it in pictures, you can't grasp how beautiful it is until you visit.

Rome is the capital of Europe; it's as simple as that. You need to see what the Romans did 2,000 years ago. They were so advanced compared to the rest of the world. They showed us how to make roads, toilet seats, how to do irrigation, and more. When you see the Colosseum you won't believe it was built so long ago.

People should always have a good bottle of extra virgin olive oil, a packet of pasta, tinned tomatoes and a good cheese somewhere in their fridge.

The problem many people have with Italian food is they over-complicate it. Italian food is extremely simple.

I'm the king of napping. I can nap and I snore. Then I wake up, go to the toilet, wash my face, have a coffee and it's like a brand new day.

When I decide something, I have to do something to make it happen.

I'd love everyone to try authentic Italian food.

I had wanted to be a dentist, but ended up being a chef. I think I've always had a fascination for jobs that have white jackets.

If you've ever wondered what it's like to be with me in the pub or a club, just watch 'Celebrity Juice.'

In the D'Acampo family we have pancakes with banana and chocolate sauce for breakfast every Sunday, no matter what.

If you want to go for a romantic break, or a quick break in Italy, it has to be Venice.

Very few Italian restaurants in Britain do a good job. They're too scared to show you what real Italian food is like because they think you can't handle it, so they dilute it.

Hearing other celebrities moaning about the bad things about being famous - there is no worst thing. If you don't want to be famous, just stop it and go and be a doctor or a teacher.

I always go back to Italy for holidays because I live half my life on the island of Sardinia.

I think if you're a good person and you show that you learned from all the mistakes that you made you move on with your life. Everybody will accept that. Only an idiot will not accept that or keep reminding you of it and keep pointing that finger.

I understood food from a very early age. I understood the combination of ingredients very early.

Italian people are so proud to show off. A little bit too much, I have to say. Wherever you go, they prepare a buffet and they get offended if you don't try things.

The only way you could replicate the way I grew up, with no access to supermarkets or petrol stations, would be to live on a farm in the middle of Wales.

I like Chinese and Indian food, but only every couple of weeks.

I think it's a good thing that I eat well. Don't get me wrong, I go for fish and chips sometimes or the odd kebab, but you need more healthy food than bad.