Leadership Quotes by Steve Ballmer

I think PCs are going to continue to shift in form factor. The real question is: What's a PC?

— Steve Ballmer

There's a lot of Google fascination out there and we share it, and we're going to compete, we're going to compete very, very hard.

— Steve Ballmer

I’d like to own Microsoft shares until I either give something to charity or I die.

— Steve Ballmer

Every NBA arena has six cameras in the ceiling. The question is what does the software do with video feeds? How to surface that…

— Steve Ballmer

I think there are lots of opportunities to improve the product. When you read the press, people say, "Oh, the product needs improvement." I…

— Steve Ballmer

The way I do things I usually always prefer to have a very clear strategy and be very focused. At the same time to…

— Steve Ballmer

Accessible design is good design.

— Steve Ballmer

At Microsoft I had many years of experience and history and seeing connections. With my direct reports, the job at Microsoft was to delegate…

— Steve Ballmer

[Apple and RIM] are probably restricted, in some sense, to a certain maximum. ... If you want to reach more people than that, you…

— Steve Ballmer

This is all about having great leaders who can drive agile innovation and agile decision-making.

— Steve Ballmer

I think the biggest mistake most people make when they pick their first job is they don't worry enough about whether they'll love the…

— Steve Ballmer

I don't think there is one size that fits all [] I've been to too many meetings with journalists who spent the first 10…

— Steve Ballmer

In many ways I think the company's doing quite a good job. If you look at the transition to Office 365 we started when…

— Steve Ballmer

The lifeblood of our business is that R&D spend. There's nothing that flows through a pipe or down a wire or anything else. We…

— Steve Ballmer

Certainly, we continue to bring in new people. We'll hire, net new, over 4,000 people this year, and attract great people into the company.…

— Steve Ballmer