“I had a fifth-grade education when I decided to leave home, ... My mother gave me $9, and I took it and never had to go back to ask her or my daddy for a nickel.”
“Mr. Green told me, 'Willie, if you stay with me three or four years and learn all you can about this business, you'll never have to work for anyone again.' I learned all I could under him, and after I did, I've been on my own ever since,”
