John J. Legere

I went, and my first interview was with René Obermann, who was the CEO of Deutsche Telekom at the time - wonderful…

— John J. Legere

I tell employee of T-Mobile, "Listen, if some of this doesn't make sense to you, what should make sense is the reason…

— John J. Legere

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…

— John J. Legere

When I finished my last job, at Global Crossing, it was the first time in God knows how many years that I…

— John J. Legere

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…

— John J. Legere

When I used to live in Asia, they used to say, "If you're going to sing karaoke, you want to go after…

— John J. Legere

T-Mobile is a young, consumer-driven business, and the average age of my customer outside of Bellevue is 27 or 28. They like…

— John J. Legere

Strangely, from a life-change standpoint, I sold the company I was running and got divorced in the same month. And so there…

— John J. Legere

It's kind of fun at my age to go back and talk to business-school people. I tell them, "I can summarize everything…

— John J. Legere

Deutsche Telekom was a brand that people still loved, the nerds loved it, and it was still there, it was still visible.…

— John J. Legere

I think this job at T-Mobile has more than anything else helped me really see and understand how to set a strategy,…

— John J. Legere

I say that the genius of the marketing strategy that we've had in every company that I've ever been in, is that…

— John J. Legere

My interaction with my followers on social media has become a phenomenon, and that's hardcore work every day! I have carpal tunnel…

— John J. Legere

I'm very careful, especially with the company, to not spend too much time playing the success reel because I really do believe…

— John J. Legere

When we're talking about the transformation, we can add in the 25 pounds I've gained - I've been eating my way through…

— John J. Legere

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…

— John J. Legere

I visit T-Mobile call centers. We've got about 18 major call centers in the US, and before I was CEO, I heard…

— John J. Legere

I started to be the brand, more and more. Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, I wear T-Mobile gear. I'm…

— John J. Legere

When I go to T-Mobile retail stores, I jokingly tell the employees that everybody between me and them is the enemy. In…

— John J. Legere

On my very first day at T-Mobile, I demanded that every time I spoke publicly to the company, all employees across the…

— John J. Legere

We did start with a simple manifesto, as we called it, which was a description of what we were about, and it…

— John J. Legere