John T. Chambers Quotes
Our success at Cisco has been defined by how we anticipate, capture, and lead through market transitions. Over the years, I've watched iconic companies disappear - Compaq, Sun Microsystems, Wang, Digital Equipment - as they failed to anticipate where the market was heading.
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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Eclecticism is the word. Like a jazz musician who creates his own style out of the styles around him, I play by ear.
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In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is.
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I am used to looking good. In a way, if I thought I looked like the back end of a bus, I probably wouldn't have done 'Strictly Come Dancing' and gone out there in public.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.
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I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy. My ultimate goal is to end up being happy. Most of the time.
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Experts said public companies worry about the loss of customer confidence and the legal liability to shareholders or security vendors when they report flaws.
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Grand Slam losses are hard. I treat myself after losses though, I usually go to McDonald's and I have a hamburger and you know, something. Because you know, you just need to be nice to yourself sometimes after the loss.
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I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.
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From that time on, I always had the studios on my neck.
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I mean the terrorists are - are like a pimple, like a boil. They'll go away.
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I condemn any form of terrorism and especially the terrorism that would affect my country and me.
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I never thought of being disadvantaged.
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During the first million years of its existence, mankind survived five apocalypses without succumbing to extinction. It endured the Apocalypse of Steel, the Apocalypse of Hydrogen, the Apocalypse of Serotonin, and both Apocalypses of Water, the second of which occurred despite certain contracts to the contrary.
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I could sing in English before I could understand it because I phonetically learned it from the musicals.
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I can't comprehend that I'm in the film of 'Les Miserables.' It's one of those dreams I thought would be unattainable for someone like me, who came from nowhere.
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I'm sponsored by Audi, so I have this rather lovely rather arrangement where they just insist that I'm always in the latest model.
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I am flippant. That's one of my charms.
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I was born with success. Lucky for me I am able to handle it. Also, I damn well deserve it!
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I built a company, a team, and a brand that started right here. It was an American success story, and it started right here in Arizona.
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You can play a particular sport as long as you take good care of your body and you're confident enough and still have that hunger to where you want to be a part of an organization, a group of individuals where you feel you can contribute to the success of that team.
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It wasn't conscious, but I'm glad I've had a slow and steady career path. I wanted to develop my style, and I wanted to be the one making the decisions. Sometimes, when you become a success quickly, those decisions are out of your control.
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Our success at Cisco has been defined by how we anticipate, capture, and lead through market transitions. Over the years, I've watched iconic companies disappear - Compaq, Sun Microsystems, Wang, Digital Equipment - as they failed to anticipate where the market was heading.
