I'm a competitive guy, very. I don't like saying that about myself but people in the locker room say that about me. But I'm a competitive person and the GM, the coaches, those guys, they wouldn't like it if I was happy not to be playing.
I ended up staying 10 years in Boston. It was nine as GM but 10 years there. That seemed about right: long enough to try to make a difference and try to contribute to winning teams and some championships.
Any good GM wants to field phone calls from his peers.
Our expanding Canadian operations are concrete evidence of General Motors confidence in Canada.
I haven't gotten any calls to run GM.
I was willing to go just about anywhere in the U.S. for the best job - except New York City. Of course, I received a job offer from GM - in New York City.
I think it is inevitable that I'll be coaching or be a GM.
I thought about possibly being in the front office, being on the management side of things like a GM one day.
I was encouraged to hear that GM has made great progress on the hydrogen car.
So long as TARP money is wrapped up in GM, the company will never shake its 'Government Motors' image. That label, as competitors and GM employees are keenly aware, is code for one thing: 'GM is a failure.'
