The definition of success is that the company doesn't miss a beat. Do I love what I do? Oh yeah - I love it more than ever. You've got to have that energy level 24/7. But you've also got to… — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
The industry has to learn how to do CEO succession well. If your definition of success is Intel or Microsoft or HP or IBM, that's not a good track record, and yet they are the most successful ones. — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
Today's world requires a different leadership style - more collaboration and teamwork, including using Web 2.0 technologies. If you had told me I'd be… — John T. Chambers Copy Share
We don't go into a market without a chance of a 40 percent share and sustainable differentiation. We wouldn't get into wiring oil rigs… — John T. Chambers Copy Share
Every company, city, and country is becoming digital, navigating disruptive markets, and Cisco's role in the digital transformation has never been more important. — John T. Chambers Copy Share
To go back to a 1950s voice mentality with Title II and net neutrality would be a tremendous mistake for our country. — John T. Chambers Copy Share
There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those who don't know they have been hacked. — John T. Chambers Copy Share
The window was open for us to play in the consumer as data, voice, video came together. This is where you have to have… — John T. Chambers Copy Share
Once you put in backdoors, once you allow a government to intercept anything they want, you have to give it to other governments around… — John T. Chambers Copy Share
What makes Silicon Valley really work? It's a unique combination of great educational institutions - especially at Stanford - that generate engineers and a… — John T. Chambers Copy Share
When a market isn't in transition, gaining market share is hard - you're fighting to take one or two points of share from competitors. — John T. Chambers Copy Share
When you're a large company with significant market share, it's tempting to view market disruptions as a threat, but we view them as an… — John T. Chambers Copy Share
People who might normally have to travel hours to a distant city to see a cardiologist can now do so virtually, through Cisco technology,… — John T. Chambers Copy Share
