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" Sports uplift us. It's celebratory, gives us optimism and joy. "

Travis Kalanick

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" The way I try to simplify my job is that I have two lists - I have a list of all the crazy, interesting problems that I get to solve every day or that need to be solved, and I have a crazy list of things I'd like to invent. And I kind of just prioritize them and work my way down, and try to simplify what I do when managing a big company. "

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" In many ways, we look at Uber as the safety net for a city. "

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" Every problem is super-interesting and has its own nuances, and you solve it today, but you try to solve it with an architecture. You build a machine to solve the problems that are like it later. And then you move on to the next. "

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" If there was a mobility service that's cheaper than owning a car, more reliable, and you get to sit in the back seat instead of being stressed out in the front seat, why would you own a car? "

Travis Kalanick

" Uber is efficiency with elegance on top. That's why I buy an iPhone instead of an average cell phone, why I go to a nice restaurant and pay a little bit more. It's for the experience. "

Travis Kalanick

" Uber is a global business. We don't think just in terms of the U.S. "

Travis Kalanick

" We have this culture valued at Uber, which we call the champions' mind-set. And champions' mind-set isn't always about winning. It's about putting everything you have on the field, every ounce of passion and energy you have. And if you get knocked down, overcoming adversity. "

Travis Kalanick

" When people start to perceive you as the big guy, you're not allowed to be scrappy, fierce. "

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" There is a core independence and dignity you get when you control your own time. "

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" The regulatory systems in place disincentive innovation. It's intense to fight the red tape. "

Travis Kalanick

" Imagine if we could create the most just workplace in the world. We would naturally be a magnet for all the great minds out there. "

Travis Kalanick

" At Uber, we say, 'Always be hustling.' Even if you are an introvert and you haven't got hustle in you, you better get a co-founder who does. And if you haven't got enough hustle to find a co-founder who's got hustle, it's going to be tough. You've got to have a little hustle in you. "

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" We're in the business of delivering cars in five minutes, but once you can deliver cars in five minutes, there's a lot of things you can deliver in five minutes. "

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" I call it dark energy. If you are unreliable, customers just disappear. "

Travis Kalanick

" Imagine if you put many, many years of your life into something and were passionate about it, and you spent every waking moment putting love into it and trying to make it better, and people didn't understand that. You'd want them to. "

Travis Kalanick

" I've never been derogatory towards taxi drivers. "

Travis Kalanick

" When you start to automate, you start to do the self-driving thing, you make it much more efficient. When these cars go into self-driving, you start to become a robotics company. "

Travis Kalanick

" Safety is number one at Uber... so we make sure the system is in place so riders get the safest ride possible. "

Travis Kalanick

" The ability for somebody to put their arm out and get a taxi is fundamentally different then having a 10-minute pickup time. It just is. "

Travis Kalanick

" I think that's where the world is going. People will not own cars; they'll have a service that takes them where they want to go, when they want to go there. And that's what Uber is. "

Travis Kalanick

" We want to get to the point that using Uber is cheaper than owning a car. "

Travis Kalanick

" Surge pricing only kicks in in order to maximize the number of trips that happen and therefore reduce the number of people that are stranded. "

Travis Kalanick

" We're just technologists. "

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" I am from Los Angeles, and my parents are from Los Angeles. "

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" Some city-council people are really awesome, but most are uninspired. "

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" Think of a world where there is no ride-sharing; people are driving themselves to work. You now have 30 people being served by 30 cars. Those 30 cars are only served 4% of the day; 96% of the day, they're stored somewhere. Around 20% to 30% of our land is taken up just storing these hunks of metal that we drive around in for 4% of the day. "

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" I was the straight-A student but sort of a little bit of debating my parents all the time, trying to find when they weren't logically correct. "

Travis Kalanick

" There's a harsh reality to situations where demand outstrips supply. "

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" I'm a geek. A techie geek. "

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" If you're operating from strong principles, you can compromise when the person on the other side is operating from principles you respect. "

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