Arriving at Newbridge Networks six months ago:

The place was lacking leadership. There was a bit of the emperor's new clothes going on. Everyone knew what was going on but nobody was saying it.

Replacing under-performers:

I try to relate a lot of things to sport: if I am the manager, if the crowd can see that that guy is rubbish, eventually it reflects on me.

On managerial infallibility:

The danger with a lot of people when they get to this level is they think their farts do not smell. They start believing their own press releases.

The work day:

I work unbelievable hours I would say, but I love it.

The work pace:

I could not keep this pace up forever. No way. I have to be very selfish about weekends now.

The future for bandwidth providers:

The Internet is driving insatiable demand for bandwidth.

The digital revolution:

Today is only a fraction of what is coming. Today is like the first TVs and they were black and white and you thought they were great, and now you are getting 36-inch colour.