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I was never the smartest guy in the room. From the first person I hired, I was never the smartest guy in the room. And that's a big deal. And if you're going to be a leader - if you're a leader and you're the smartest guy in the world - in the room, you've got real problems.

If I'm the smartest guy in the room, I'm in the wrong room.

I am not sure that I am that smart. I think we work harder. When I was at university, there were a lot of smarter people than me, and they seem not to have done quite so well.

I don't have to be smarter than anybody else. I've just plain worked harder and longer than anybody else.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.

Always be smarter than the people who hire you.

At a certain career level, it's no longer about whether you are the smartest subject-matter expert in the room.

Another person who's smarter than I. What a relief to not have to be the smartest guy anymore.

I worked hard and smarter than most people in the businesses I have been in.