Bob Iger

“I'm not a big believer in second-guessing decisions.”

“It's in our best interest to put some of the old rules aside and create new ones and follow the consumer - what the consumer wants and where the consumer wants to go.”

“You can't allow tradition to get in the way of innovation. There's a need to respect the past, but it's a mistake to revere your past.”

“What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.”

“I have tremendous brand experience. What I do a lot for Disney is manage the great brands of this company, whether it's Disney, ESPN, ABC, Pixar, Marvel, 'Star Wars.' And I'm very engaged in technology and its impact on the consumer, either what experience you deliver for them or how to market and sell to them.”

“People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change.”

“I get up at 4:30 in the morning, seven days a week, no matter where I am in the world.”

“I just was built with an innate ability to not let fear guide me in how I run my life.”

“You try things creatively all the time, and while you want every one of them to be great, and you set out to do that, that's not always going to end up being the case.”

“Success can breed all kinds of other behavior and cause companies to behave a certain way that isn't necessarily the ingredients for achieving more success. For instance, with success comes arrogance, and that's typically the death of success.”

“No one wants to follow a pessimist... You can be skeptical, you can be realistic, but you can't be cynical. If your boss is Eeyore, do you want to work with someone like that? Oh, bother.”

“People gravitate to what they believe to be popular... Technology is enabling even more of that.”

“People don't like to follow pessimists.”

“Are we blasphemous in saying that 2-D is largely a thing of the past, and computer-generated animation is the present and future? It's all about creating a better experience for the viewer - and that includes 3-D.”

“Working hard to fulfill a dream or instinct and learning over time it doesn't work, doesn't mean a career is over and a reputation killed. When a reputation is killed, it's when failure comes as a result of loss of integrity or judgement... breaking of laws.”

“If someone comes to you with, 'It's my kid's graduation,' you don't tell them, 'Sorry, you can't go to that.' You just don't do that. You figure out some other way.”

“האתגר הגדול ביותר שלנו הוא להיות זריזים ומסוגלים להגיב ולהסתגל לסביבה משתנה. המשימה שלנו היא ליצור יותר בידור באיכות גבוהה, עבור יותר אנשים, להיות ביותר מקומות בתכיפות הולכת וגדלה. למרות שזו משימה אתגרית במיוחד, אנחנו מתחילים כשברשותנו מערך נכסים מצוין, נבחרת מנהלים חזקה, סדרת דמויות מצוינת, מותגים ויצירתיות שיכולים לשמש אותנו עוד שנים רבות.”

“מודל העסקים שתומך בתעשיית הסרטים משתנה, אם לא נסתגל לשינוי, לא יהיו יותר עסקים.”

“הלב והנשמה של החברה הם יצירתיות וחדשנות.”

“I don't want to sound too critical, but we're taking a wait-and-see approach on UltraViolet.”