I have my family, my children - I have a lot of outside activities.

• At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!
• I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example.
• Business is tough you need tough guys.
• Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.
• Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
• We have some worse scenarios for which we need to prepare as companies. For the moment, we're planning for the worst, and the worst is now, and the car market is down more than 15 percent in France. There is so much uncertainty.
• You want to make sure this particular car is going to please the customer and then you're going to be rewarded with something that is going to please the shareholder.
• Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
• I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons.
• When I come to a design decision, people know that is that.