Rick Wagoner Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“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.”

“Generally, cars were not built to sit on dealer lots. It encourages the wrong kind of behavior in the whole system.”

“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.”

“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.”

“Don't worry about planning every step of your life.”

“There are some things that I like, like education, wine, and I'd like to be a good cook, although I'm a pretty good eater now.”

“What I've seen around the world is if the regulatory desires are combined with things that affect consumer behavior - such as in Europe, they tax gasoline very heavily - you do get people to move to very fuel efficient cars; trade off bigger vs. smaller cars.”

“A lot of other things come along with Chapter 11, which basically end up in a lot of pain.”

“The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast.”