There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

Chrysler builds great cars.

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.

They're on you day and night. Their oversight is just too extreme [. . .] That's why our 10-year loan, we paid it back in three years. We couldn't stand the government. The bureaucracy kills you.

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

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.

The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness.