Nobody's irreplaceable, including me. I think for too long we've had a cult of personality in this company and in this industry, and frankly, I'd like to see that diminish.

I never wanted Ford to be a place, like the tobacco industry, where our employees were not proud of coming to work for us. I felt there was a danger of that, should we be marginalized as a major polluter.

I think the world is filled with so much hype and PR bull. Frankly, it all comes out in the end. Good or bad, I'd rather just let our accomplishments really speak for themselves.

A good company delivers excellent products and services, and a great company does all that and strives to make the world a better place.

I believe very strongly that corporations could and should be a major force for resolving social and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century.

I walked in and inherited a management group that I didn't know very well. They didn't know me, and we had a very short window to put together a credible recovery plan.

As long as gas is cheaper than bottled water, we can't be in a position of dictating to the consumer what to buy.