A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business.
The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.
People want economy, and they'll pay any price to get it.
I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.
Bad times are indelible. They stay with you forever.
I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford.