G. Richard Wagoner, Jr. quotes

On Friday I was in Washington for a meeting with Administration officials. In the course of that meeting, they requested that I "step aside" as CEO of GM, and so I have. (G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.)
All this improvement is great, but all that does is get us in the game to play for improvements that we need in the future, so that we can be aggressive in the marketplace. View quote
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
Ford, as I understand it, had done away with the concept of regional management, and now they've re-introduced that in Europe, so it's kind of a two-way street. View quote
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast. View quote
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
We believe in fair exchange rates and Japan doesn't practice that. They have massive U.S. dollar reserves, and they use them to intervene regularly. View quote
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
A lot of other things come along with Chapter 11, which basically end up in a lot of pain. View quote
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
Generally, cars were not built to sit on dealer lots. It encourages the wrong kind of behavior in the whole system. View quote
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
Don't worry about planning every step of your life. View quote
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
I'm like Sergeant Schultz, I know nothing. We are trying to share ideas around the world. We don't just come up with a great idea in Brazil and ignore it in the rest of the world. View quote
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History shows you don't know what the future brings. View quote
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We don't always agree on stuff, but when it's time to blow the whistle and start the game, we're not still debating. (G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.)