Small teams driven by their passion with a clear focus can do extraordinary things. Things that only large corporations and governments could do in the past.

My goal is there's a new generation of cars. And people can say we're living in a new day and age. A new day and age of cars that are beautiful, affordable, safe, and of course every car gets over 100 mpg, why wouldn't it.

What is grit? Grit is refusing to give up. It's persistence. It's making your own luck.

The idea of a young thin woman who weighs 100 pounds driving herself around in a 4,000 pound SUV is laughable.

Super-ambitious goals tend to be unifying and energizing to people; but only if they believe there's a chance of success.

If you stop and you think about everything we hold of value on this planet, metal, minerals, energy, real estate, the things that nations fight wars over. These things are in near infinite quantities out there.

I believed that once we got to the Moon, there was no stopping us. But in fact, we did stop.