“I'd be lying if I didn't say there were days when I went back and said...” — Jeffrey R. Immelt Quote

“I'd be lying if I didn't say there were days when I went back and said, 'I wish I'd done this. I should have done that. I handled this the wrong way.' But it's always in the motivation of getting better. I've never once looked in the mirror and said, 'Oh boy, can't do this one.'”

“September 11 was horrific, but I've been through enough crises before that I had my own pattern as to how to collect facts, what a leader should do, how to communicate with people, how to set up operating mechanisms to work our way through it.”

“Though I do not know much swimming, I am glad that both my children are getting better at it day by day.”

“My entire mindset is about getting better and growing.”

“I know I'm getting better no matter what.”