Bob Corker Quotes

A business like an automobile, has to be driven, in order to get results.

Twenty-eight years in business and you understand the importance of problem solving and the importance of efficiency, because if you don't become efficient, you don't run a business well, and you are out of business. And I think some of those principles could be applied to leadership in Washington.

Business isn't complicated; we complicate business.

As a goalkeeper you need to be good at organising the people in front of you and motivating them. You need to see what's going on and react to the threats. Just like a good manager in business.

I was always fascinated by the decision-making process and the managerial process and just business in general.

The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

You learn every single day when you're running a company. You learn as you go.

Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business.

As I've said, in 2007, we're free to go and we'll just have to do what's best for the business.

It must be able to assist in devising the method of solution of problems and not merely solve them.

How can you be on top of the things you do? I think when you are involved in a business, first of all you need to know the business. After that you know the business, you can - the numbers tell you what is happening. You can read with the numbers.

About half my time is spent on business operation type stuff.

I am a very hands-on person, and I like to be involved in driving my business.

Managing a business, small or large, today requires an extremely disciplined, thoughtful approach with regard to the pressure that people are under.

I've got to let the people who are in the business run the business. I can help them think through their decisions about products, about partners, about hiring. But in the end, the decisions are theirs, and so is the responsibility.

In every business, in every industry, management does matter.

No business can succeed in any great degree without being properly organized.

If you can run one business well, you can run any business well.

It's much more difficult running a business than buying one.

The thorniest business problems will surface at the board meetings, and the different, sharp opinions help to better explore the poles of the arguments to make better decisions.

Tactical Work is the work you do every day in your business to generate income, along with all of the operational, financial, and management tasks that entails.

Executives need ample flexibility to respond to the market. That means both reducing costs and increasing innovation.

You know what happens in all the big companies and business in the world. If something doesn't work, you have to find a solution.

Getting to profitability does not mean all our problems are solved.

Business wise, I have always learned valuable lessons so I don't regret any decisions I have made.