This shows you are never too old to get surprised.

We have built a company with a business mix and operating system that will allow us to deliver record results in any foreseeable economic climate, ... We have just completed a very successful management transition and I've never been more confident about the company's future.

Innovation is not a big breakthrough invention every time. Innovation is a constant thing. But if you don't have an innovative company [team], coming to work everyday to find a better way, you don't have a company[team]. You're getting ready to die on the vine. You're always looking for the next innovation, the next niche, the next product improvement, the next service improvement. But always trying to get better.

If you get the best people on your team, you've got plenty of time to do the things you like to do and can add more value to.

GE's businesses turned in a terrific first quarter. Our products and services are being well received in unusually robust global markets.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.

I actually think that the economy has got some positives. It's got the market. It's got consumer confidence and it's got banks throwing - I mean central bankers throwing money at it around the world.