A biography for Ross Perothasn’t been written yet.
“If someone as blessed as I am is not willing to clean out the barn, who will?”
“While we share the same set of values, we can - and do - have different business interests. Dad has been there to give me career advice along the way, but he has always let me call the play.”
“I never really thought I'd have the opportunity to run this business. It's an industry I grew up in. I watched EDS being formed in our living room at night.”
“There are but two things worth living for: to do what is worthy of being written; and to write what is worthy of being read.”
“The real estate business was something Dad and I could do together.”
“My father will always be my hero. He pioneered two successful companies that paved the way for the technology services industry and has devoted much of his life to helping people in need and those who serve our nation in the armed forces.”
“If we did not have such a thing as an airplane today, we would probably create something the size of N.A.S.A. to make one.”
“Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart.”
“I like basketball, but please don't ask me basketball questions because I've got a lot to learn.”
“Inventories can be managed, but people must be led.”
“Written reports stifle creativity.”
“Every time there's a dip in the market, we buy. If you don't buy the land right, it ain't going to work.”
“Anybody can cut prices, but it takes brains to produce a better article.”
“It wasn't really part of the program in the Perot family. Rebellion was not an option.”
“If we can't have a great team and a winning team, then I will not be an N.B.A. owner very long.”
“Failures are like skinned knees, painful but superficial.”
“I put it in the back of my mind that someday I would fly around the world.”
“A lot of people look at a basketball team as an anchor tenant for an arena. I look at an arena as the anchor tenant for a much larger program.”
“The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.”
“Spend a lot of time talking to customers face to face. You'd be amazed how many companies don't listen to their customers.”