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" Ask yourself when you learn the most. I guarantee it's when you felt at risk. "

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" We have started something called the Corporate Services Corps. Now, it was modeled after the Peace Corps from long ago, the 1960s. And the idea was in this modern day and age, how do you get IBM'ers around the world to be global citizens? You know, globally aware, contribute, understand how to work in that environment, but do it on scale. "

" I've been head of strategy at IBM and together with my colleagues built our five-year plan. My priorities are going to be to continue to execute on that. "

" When I think of revenue growth, I think of the words 'mix' and 'shift.' "

" I am very practical. "

" Digital, it is not the destination. "

" If you're clear on what you believe, you have a great foundation to go make a market. "

" When you remove layers, simplicity and speed happen. "

" I've always looked for challenges, and I have found plenty. "

" So what it means is when you don't believe in the inevitable, it means you don't expect that that's how things have to turn out. You can change them. "

" If it's digital, it will be cognitive. If you think that, you're going to change the way you run a business. "

" The recommendation when I'm mentoring folks, I always tell them - and we talked about this last year - take a risk. "

" What I knew was I liked math and science, and I never wanted to memorize everything. I wanted to understand where it came from. "

" Just because you started your careers in a certain role, let's say hardware engineering, does not mean you'll end your careers in hardware. "

" If we would change the basis and align what is taught in school with what is needed with business... that's where I came up with this idea of 'new collar.' Not blue collar or white collar. "

" This idea of 'New Collar' says for the jobs of the future here, there are many in technology that can be done without a four-year college degree and, therefore, 'New Collar' not 'Blue Collar,' 'White Collar.' It's 'New Collar.' "

" I've got a distribution system that goes to 170 countries. If I acquire properly, you know, you may be successful in one or two countries, or one place; I can scale, and that's part of the value that IBM brings. "

" I think, given who the IBM target company is, I feel our purpose is to be essential to our clients. "

" The ability to please your shareholders comes because of what you do for clients. "

" One day we're going to look back, and whatever this era will get called, it's going to put a premium on math and science. "

" I think, particularly in our tech industry, this is an industry that has violent innovation and then commoditization, and it's a cycle of innovation/commoditization. "

" You will have many more goals in the years ahead. But do not confuse a goal with a purpose. "

" You build your own strategy. You don't define it by what another competitor is doing. "

" The ultimate competitive advantage is being cognitive. "

" One of the most important topics I think for us all to work on is job creation. "

" There will be times you make decisions that actually detract from growth. "

" The amazing thing about IBM is that it's a company where I have had 10 different careers - local jobs, global jobs, technology jobs, industry jobs, financial services, insurance, start-ups, big scale. The network of talent around you is phenomenal. "

" Work on something that matters. Have courage. "

" If I have learned nothing else in all my years here, my biggest lesson is you have to constantly reinvent this company. That's how you get to be 103 years old. "

" India will not be at the center - it will be the center of this fourth technology shift. "