If you have not been a villain at a certain point in time, you will never be a hero. And the day you are a hero, you may become a villain the next day.

When you're C.E.O., you have to have two conditions: first, shareholders need to trust you and want you to head your company. The second is that you need to feel the motivation to do the job. So, as long as both are reunited, you continue to do the job. And today, they are reunited.

I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example. I want to make sure there is no discrepancy between what we say and what we do. If you preach accountability and then promote somebody with bad results, it doesn't work. I personally believe the best training is management by example. Don't believe what I say. Believe what I do.

When you want to turn around a company, you want to make sure that the solution is coming from inside.

People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.

I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example.

What I worry about is not just Nissan, but Japanese manufacturers losing motivation to maintain production in Japan. The high yen is definitely a headwind.