Businessman

Automobiles are fun and exciting. We need them. They are a part of our lives.

The purpose of business is to make a reasonable return by making products and services that people want and value. If you are not, you are wasting resources.

You need to have a can-do attitude. There is always a way.

There is no reason that America can't compete in a global economy, and I love being one small proof point in that.

You can't improve if you don't know what the real situation is.

The Chinese love Ford's product line: they love the quality, the fuel-efficiency, the safety, the brand.

I'm more convinced than when I accepted this job that we can create a viable Ford Motor Co. that makes cars and trucks that people really do prefer. And we can make them using minimum resources and minimum time and be competitive with our competition.

It's really important that we have an improvement curve on fuel mileage and CO2 reduction.

When people feel accountable and included, it is more fun.

Transparency is so important in business.

You can't manage a secret.

I really like working with talented people to do something for a lot of people around our world.

Whatever we do toward energy independence has to be done in the context of using less resources.

Everybody cares about not only quality and functionality, but they also want the power of choice, whether it's a small vehicle or a large vehicle.

Information should never be used as a weapon on a team.

With Sync technology, we're seamlessly connected to the Internet, hands-free, and able to focus on the road but also able to handle guidance and navigation and play your music.

The most important thing is to simultaneously deal with reality - really the way it is, not the way you wished it could be or you hoped it could be - but also have a vision about where you want to go.

If you're going to be world-class, you have to focus.

What I found over the years is the most important thing is for a team to come together over a compelling vision, a comprehensive strategy for achieving that vision, and then a relentless implementation plan.

The reason I loved working at Boeing was because I loved the idea of air travel as a way of bringing people and cultures together - because when we come together as people and cultures, we realize that we are not that different after all, and when we realize that we are not that different after all, the world becomes a better place.