Robert Iger Quotes

• The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Status, Quo, Maintain

• 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.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Best, New, Put

• We like the size of the company today given the environment and have no plans to split it up and make it smaller.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Today, Company, Plans

• We really believe that Walt Disney is a very able company with great depth and a great set of franchises.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Believe, Company

• We’re delighted to be working with Apple to offer fans a new and innovative way to experience our wildly popular shows.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Experience

  Tags in New, Working

• The heart and soul of the company is creativity and innovation.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Soul

  Tags in Heart, Creativity

• Are there challenges? Absolutely. But in aggregate, this is a very strong and valuable company.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Strong, Company, Valuable

• Sometimes I feel like I’m a contestant in a reality show that probably would be called The Apprentice Survivor Millionaire.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Reality, Sometimes, Show

• What I’ve really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Leadership

  Tags in Important, Over

• I started off wanting very much to be a newscaster.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Started, Wanting

• I began as a weatherman and I learned very quickly I wasn’t very good at it.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Learned, Began, Quickly

• Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Simple, Keeping, Consumer

• People still love a good story, and I don’t think that will change.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Change, Story

• For us to grow globally, it’s not enough to just be an exporter. We have to be a creator.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Enough, Grow, Creator

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

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Morning, Matter, Days

• I ride a bike and use aerobic equipment twice a week, and work out with a trainer, lifting weights.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Week, Bike, Twice

• People don’t like to follow pessimists.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Follow, Pessimist

• I drive myself to and from work. I love the privacy.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Myself, Drive, Privacy

• I have a fondness for jazz, particularly for jazz singers, Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald all the way through the Sinatra era.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Through, Holiday, Jazz

• I think it is incredibly important to be open and accessible and treat people fairly and look them in the eye and tell them what is on your mind.

  Robert Iger

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Mind, Important, Look

Robert Iger (31)

Birth:	10th February, 1951
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Businessman

About

Robert A. "Bob" Iger is an American businessman and the current chairman and chief executive of The Walt Disney Company.

Related Authors

• Justin Timberlake
• John Kluge
• George Samuel Clason
• Steve Ballmer
• George Eastman
• Allan Pinkerton
• Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
• Vidal Sassoon
• Ron Johnson
• Tom DeLay

Advertisement

Today's Anniversary - 20th March

Births

• 1940 - Mary Ellen Mark
• 1963 - David Thewlis
• 1962 - Stephen Sommers
• 1882 - Rene Coty
• 1972 - Alex Kapranos

Deaths

• 1945 - Lord Alfred Douglas
• 1994 - Lewis Grizzard
• 1844 - Peter Buell Porter
• 2010 - Liz Carpenter
• 1853 - Robert James Graves