John T. Chambers

I had two parents who were doctors, and my mom was valedictorian in multiple classes.

— John T. Chambers

I think it was a major mistake to revisit Title II.

— John T. Chambers

I would say my strengths are vision and strategy.

— John T. Chambers

If you agree with everything I have said, then I have failed.

— John T. Chambers

Never ask your employees to do something you wouldn't be willing to do yourself.

— John T. Chambers

I think technology can change every country regardless of political party.

— John T. Chambers

If you asked would I have done a startup in India, the answer is yes.

— John T. Chambers

Some people need a command-and-control environment.

— John T. Chambers

What makes Silicon Valley really work? It's a unique combination of great educational institutions - especially at Stanford - that generate engineers…

— John T. Chambers

When a market isn't in transition, gaining market share is hard - you're fighting to take one or two points of share…

— John T. Chambers

In 2008, we began an initiative to outsource projects from our Israeli office to three companies in the Palestinian Territories.

— John T. Chambers

In 2001, we were like most high-tech companies, with one or two primary products that were really important to us.

— John T. Chambers

The political gridlock in Washington leads us to conclude that policymakers don't have the ability to put the public finances of the…

— John T. Chambers

A well-run organization turns over 10% of their organizations, including senior leadership. I don't have the heart to do that.

— John T. Chambers

Digital is going to have five times the impact than the information era. Just because you led the first transition as a…

— John T. Chambers

What I've realized is most leaders cannot reinvent themselves at the CEO level or at the operational level.

— John T. Chambers

I wasn't always interested in technology. I had been a student for a long time - I'd earned a bachelor's degree, a…

— John T. Chambers

I learned another lesson from Jack Welch. It was in 1998, and at that time, we were one of the most valuable…

— John T. Chambers

By exciting citizens about the new digital opportunity, breaking down silos of competing groups to form a truly open innovation ecosystem and…

— John T. Chambers

Understand what you are acquiring and protect it at all costs. You are acquiring people and next-generation products. You are making an…

— John T. Chambers

The 'No.1 IT company' isn't by volume, it's in relation to business customers because those are my customers, not the consumer. Who…

— John T. Chambers

Today's world requires a different leadership style - more collaboration and teamwork, including using Web 2.0 technologies. If you had told me…

— John T. Chambers

Organized crime and rogue nation states and terrorists are very much focused on the Internet of things. The challenge that goes with…

— John T. Chambers

Since I became CEO, 87 percent of the companies in the Fortune 500 are off the list. What that says is that…

— John T. Chambers

I have interacted with several top leaders. Modi is among the three smartest leaders I have met.

— John T. Chambers

We changed the world many ways with the Internet.

— John T. Chambers

The Internet will change the way we work, live, learn, and play.

— John T. Chambers

I think Mr Trump is going to be a good president.

— John T. Chambers

I am a proud moderate republican. But I like democrats as well.

— John T. Chambers

The business community is very comfortable with Romney.

— John T. Chambers

You've got to really enable the next generation of start-ups.

— John T. Chambers

There are two equalizers in life: the Internet and education.

— John T. Chambers

We're going to become the number one security company.

— John T. Chambers

We want a culture where it is unacceptable not to share what you know.

— John T. Chambers

You want to select the right applications at the right time for your industry.

— John T. Chambers

We're living through the second Industrial Revolution.

— John T. Chambers

What NDS did is allow us to move into video capability with large service providers or cable providers - and the ability…

— John T. Chambers

If every company becomes a technology company, business models and transitions are going to occur. From a CEO's perspective, this is going…

— John T. Chambers

We will see growth in the U.S., and we will selectively acquire in the U.S., but we prefer to use our global…

— John T. Chambers

We don't go into a market without a chance of a 40 percent share and sustainable differentiation. We wouldn't get into wiring…

— John T. Chambers