Steve Ballmer Quotes - Page 2

The way I do things I usually always prefer to have a very clear strategy and be very focused. At the same time to be very rock solid, and crisp in execution.

The world is changing, but so is Microsoft.

As a global company, our future growth and success requires that we constantly look at ways to improve our ability to serve customers worldwide.

No. 1 thing is that life is just not as interrupt-driven as when you're running a company.

You don't need to be a computer scientist to use a Windows Phone. I think you do to use an Android phone.

I'd rather use Windows and Internet Explorer in Hell than I'd use Linux and Mozilla Firefox in Heaven!

I would love to see all open-source innovation happen on top of Windows.

Analytics only goes so far. Basketball, more than baseball, for example, is really a team sport.

The lifeblood of our business is that R&D spend. There's nothing that flows through a pipe or down a wire or anything else. We have to continuously create new innovation that lets people do something they didn't think they could do the day before.

Only our company and a handful of others are poised to write the future.

Everyone likes to differentiate between business and consumers but I don't see the difference really. Most people are people. I get personal and business mail and I have one set of contacts from my life. I don't want to manage two sets. I want one view of my world.

My wife spent a lot of time on what we do from a civic contribution giving perspective, for a number of years, I've really joined her in that. We're focused on issues in the United States, particularly issues with people who have been trapped in neighborhoods in what I might call intergenerational poverty.

And then you take a look at Spaces, there is this great innovation that came out of nowhere. We have the number one blogging site in the world because of the innovation that's there.

So, I think the output of our innovation is great. We have a culture of self-improvement. I know we can continue to improve. There is no issue. But at the same time, our absolute level of output is fantastic.

Throughout our history, Microsoft has won by making big, bold bets. I believe that now is not the time to scale back the scope of our ambition or the scale of our investment. While our opportunities are greater than ever, we also face new competitors, faster-moving markets and new customer demands.

I think the biggest mistake most people make when they pick their first job is they don't worry enough about whether they'll love the work, and they worry more about whether it's good experience

We don't have a monopoly. We have market share. There's a difference.

There's a huge crowd out there that basically will go nuts recommending to every coach on the planet, "Hey, coach, I've been playing with the analytics. I think you should do X, Y, and Z."

I have four words for you: I love this company, yeah!

The stock market has always had its own meter. Sometimes it's ahead of itself, sometimes it's behind itself. A broken watch is right twice a day.

Maybe I'm an emblem of an old era, and I have to move on.

Since I'm not a seller of the stock, I don't really care what it is today.

I think it would be absolutely reckless and irresponsible for anyone to try and break up Microsoft.

Accessible design is good design - it benefits people who don't have disabilities as well as people who do. Accessibility is all about removing barriers and providing the benefits of technology for everyone.

Eventually the Internet will be accessed by PC, television, and wireless devices.