HOF 05 Surviving Day by Day -- Donald Samuels

"There's a quote in the book that basically says, every morning a gazelle wakes up in Africa, having to outrun the fastest lion," Samuels says. "And every morning a lion wakes up and has to run faster than the slowest gazelle. Otherwise, he'll starve.

"That's basically what we face. We have to be more nimble and more competitive than our biggest and strongest competitors, which are now all publicly held companies. And we also have to outrun and be more nimble than the smallest shops."