I am 84 years old and have not retired because I feel I have something to contribute.
When I was a lone soldier I didn't have a penny with me. Everybody was eating hummus with tehina and ate falafel, and I couldn't buy it. I was a little hungry, but I managed.
The word 'no' is not for me. I don't hear it. You always have to try again and again.
All I was looking for is to be successful. I had the opportunity with Australia, with what it provided for me economically.
I wanted to build a family very strongly because I lost my family when I was 15, 14, and I missed the family unit very much.
As a boy I stood at the doorway of our hiding place in Budapest and watched Russian troops fight house by house to liberate the city and therefore rescue us from certain death.
As a teenager I became a boat person - a refugee - as I made my way to Palestine.
I knew that Britain and the United States were beacons of freedom and democracy at a time when my life - and Western civilisation itself - was at grave risk.
We are focusing too much on the problems and forgetting about the opportunities of immigration. Let us learn from our history. Immigration has been great for Australia in the past. I believe it will be great for Australia in the future.
I believe in a big Australia. I am an advocate for an ambitious immigration program.
So you've got to test the envelope, find out what are your abilities and if you falter, pick yourself up and test it again. Otherwise, what is it all about, you know?
All my life from a young man I have worked very hard and I enjoyed it very much and I was really afraid with what I would do when I no longer had the responsibility.
I have no fear about the future for retail investors.
In football, in football clubs, there are many decisions that don't make business sense. Yes, there is always a lot of emotion involved.
My family are big philanthropists, but not at putting big money into sport. Today sport is professional. It has to support itself or it won't exist. It cannot depend on a few wealthy people making donations.
As a child I learned what it meant to be persecuted. But, even then, at the worst of times, I knew there was good in the world.
