The speed of the boss is the speed of the team. Lee Iacocca More Quotes by Lee Iacocca More Quotes From Lee Iacocca A country's competitiveness starts not on the factory floor or in the engineering lab. It starts in the classroom. Lee Iacocca engineeringcompetitioncountry When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer. Lee Iacocca marketersbusinessreality In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else. Lee Iacocca educationthank-youinspirational Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it. Lee Iacocca riskproducts We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back. Lee Iacocca creditmoneybusiness If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act. Lee Iacocca procrastinationbusinesseducation I guess I invented extended warranties, because that's all we had to sell at Chrysler in those days. Lee Iacocca warrantychryslersells The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness. Lee Iacocca economydecisionmanagement The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything. Lee Iacocca motivationalpositiveinspirational There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there. Lee Iacocca dogboysreality Bad times are indelible. They stay with you forever. Lee Iacocca bad-timeseconomicsforever There's a billboard in a little farm town in the Midwest that says: IF YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT FARMERS, DON'T TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL. Lee Iacocca midwestmouthscomplaining As you go through life, there are thousands of little forks in the road, and there are a few really big forks-those moments of reckoning, moments of truth. Lee Iacocca fatemomentslittles I was good friends with Frank Sinatra, I heard Steve Kaufman painting his portrait, so I asked Steve to paint my portrait. Lee Iacocca portraitspaintinggood-friend Incompetency begets incompetency. The last thing a guy who isn't sure of himself wants is a guy backing him up who is sure of himself. Lee Iacocca lastsguywant People want economy, and they'll pay any price to get it. Lee Iacocca businesswantpeople I don't need a $100 million mistake. Try to make a $5 million mistake if you have to make one. Lee Iacocca moneymistaketrying When future historians look back on our way of curing inflation...they'll probably compare it to bloodletting in the Middle Ages. Lee Iacocca agelooksway If your product is great, you yourself do not have to be a great seller. Lee Iacocca sellersproductsifs Never rest on your oars as a boss. If you do, the whole company starts sinking. Lee Iacocca oarsinkingboss
