126 Quotes by Alan Mulally

I cannot emphasize enough what a strike would mean for us,

Although the quality of the vehicles is tremendously improving year after year but the underlying reasons that people are buying cars have really gotten focused. It’s for high quality vehicles, reliable, fuel-efficient, and safe of course.

No country is ever successful in the long term... without a really strong and vibrant manufacturing base.

Having one national standard for mpg and CO2 is extremely important.

Nothing will ever have the impact that 9/11 had on Boeing and on the world. It just changed things overnight.

Everybody cares about not only quality and functionality, but they also want the power of choice, whether it's a small vehicle or a large vehicle.

Leadership is having a compelling vision, a comprehensive plan, relentless implementation, and talented people working together.

An important part of leadership is being able to hold two things in your mind at once: Dealing with the reality, whatever it may be, and focus on hope for the future. Any leader helping an organization through challenges needs to be able to do both.

I can remember the first time I tried to drive into the garage of the world headquarters of Ford in a Camry. It was almost like they wouldn't let me in. They said, 'Why do you want to do that?' I said, 'Because we are going to make the best cars in the world, and we need to know everything about the competitor's car.'