G. Richard Wagoner Jr. Quotes

United States, Businessman
February 9, 1953

George Richard "Rick" Wagoner Jr. (born February 9, 1953) is an American businessman and former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of General Motors.

History shows you don't know what the future brings.

G. Richard Wagoner Jr.
- History
- Future
Generally, cars were not built to sit on dealer lots. It encourages the wrong kind of behavior in the whole system.

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.

G. Richard Wagoner Jr.
- Great
- Future
- Game
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.
- Friday
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.

G. Richard Wagoner Jr.
- Believe
- Practice
Go at life every day with passion and enthusiasm... and when challenges arrive, simply do not give up.

G. Richard Wagoner Jr.
- Life
- Up
- Passion
A lot of other things come along with Chapter 11, which basically end up in a lot of pain.

G. Richard Wagoner Jr.
- Up
- Pain
The big and the fast beat the small and the fast. If you check out the NBA today, they're big and fast.

G. Richard Wagoner Jr.
- Today
- Small

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.

G. Richard Wagoner Jr.
- Done
- Management