I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford.

Over the years, many executives have said to me with pride: 'Boy, I worked so hard last year that I didn't take any vacation.' I always feel like responding, "You dummy. You mean to tell me you can take responsibility for an eighty-million-dollar project and you can't plan two weeks out of the year to have some fun?

The only mistake I ever made was not listening to my gut.

There's a billboard in a little farm town in the Midwest that says: IF YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT FARMERS, DON'T TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL.

That's the American way. If little kids don't aspire to make money like I did, what the hell good is this country?

The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.

If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.