When I used to live in Asia, they used to say, "If you're going to sing karaoke, you want to go after the worst singer." And I'd be coming in Deutsche Telekom after the worst singer. — John J. Legere Copy Share Image
When I finished my last job, at Global Crossing, it was the first time in God knows how many years that I wasn't in… — John J. Legere Copy Share Image
Part of my role at T-Mobile is the ability to just be myself, because I'm 58 years old and I've done very well, and… — John J. Legere Copy Share Image
When I used to live in Asia, they used to say, "If you're going to sing karaoke, you want to go after the worst… — John J. Legere Copy Share Image
It's kind of fun at my age to go back and talk to business-school people. I tell them, "I can summarize everything you need… — John J. Legere Copy Share Image
I've given my email address to all 3,000 T-Mobile stores. Serious customer escalations come directly to me. Customers get a kick out of me… — John J. Legere Copy Share Image
Deutsche Telekom was a brand that people still loved, the nerds loved it, and it was still there, it was still visible. The advertiser… — John J. Legere Copy Share Image
If you go back in my career, you'll find I've always been a lead-from-the-front people-manager guy. I've always been outspoken. I've always attempted to… — John J. Legere Copy Share Image
I tell employee of T-Mobile, "Listen, if some of this doesn't make sense to you, what should make sense is the reason I'm telling… — John J. Legere Copy Share Image
I went, and my first interview was with René Obermann, who was the CEO of Deutsche Telekom at the time - wonderful guy. And… — John J. Legere Copy Share Image
T-Mobile is a young, consumer-driven business, and the average age of my customer outside of Bellevue is 27 or 28. They like outspoken, frank… — John J. Legere Copy Share Image
Strangely, from a life-change standpoint, I sold the company I was running and got divorced in the same month. And so there I was,… — John J. Legere Copy Share Image
We did start with a simple manifesto, as we called it, which was a description of what we were about, and it was the… — John J. Legere Copy Share Image
