Tony Fernandes Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Good leadership is to know when to go, and you only succeed as a good leader if you've transported someone else in and the company gets stronger. Then you've succeeded as leader.”

“I'm not cynical or bitter in any way. Life's too short; you get ripped off, but if you hold a grudge, it's going to affect you. You take it on the chin, you learn, you try not to make the same mistakes.”

“In AirAsia, we consider ourselves basically a dream factory. We deliberately decided that we wanted a company where people can pursue their passion, and we wanted to make use of all the talent that we have in-house.”

“When I started my airline business, I didn't know everything, right? If I start up a newspaper tomorrow, I might get ripped off by journalists. You'd be naive to think you know everything from day one.”

“Don't kid yourself that anyone in the Premier League is going to do you any favours.”

“I came from the music business, which reputedly has the biggest egos, but I really think the airline world caps it.”

“My whole life's been stability. People who have worked with me have for a long time. Air Asia is the same people who started it.”

“Passion is just something that comes naturally to me.”

“The music and airlines businesses are tough, but I've been successful in them.”

“When the music business failed to embrace the Internet, I thought it was game, set and match for the industry, and I quit.”