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" Treyarch contributed so significantly to the multiplayer technology that's in 'Modern Warfare 2,' and they didn't really get the credit for that. "
Robert Kotick
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" I've been very, very lucky because I've had so many great mentors. "
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" Don't focus on reaching the C-Suite. Focus on doing great work and serving your customers and community. That's how you can find the right opportunities and get the skills and experience to get to the top in your career. "
Robert Kotick
Work
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" I think running Apple is a great job, but it suits Steve Jobs so well. I wouldn't want to be the person that ran Apple after Steve, but he has a great job. "
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" If you talk to people about the history of the games business during economic downturns, they'll tell you that it's a recession-proof industry. "
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" I really like video games, and that passion has never really gone away. "
Robert Kotick
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Gone
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" If I go play 'Modern Warfare,' I'll find a hundred different things I'd like done differently. And I don't have the discipline to not express my opinion. "
Robert Kotick
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" The Call of Duty Endowment is a natural philanthropic extension of our brand. "
Robert Kotick
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Natural
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" Very early on, when I was in my twenties, Steve Jobs convinced me to quit college. He talked to me after I had spent about a year in Michigan studying the history of art. "
Robert Kotick
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" Most people play games alone, against the machine. But if you're playing against a real person, it's going to be that much more fun. "
Robert Kotick
People
Alone
You
" I'm not really a music person. "
Robert Kotick
Music
Person
Really
" The video game business is primarily a male-oriented business. And I have three girls. And you see the things that are important to them in their game experiences are the social interaction. They love the ability to chat with their friends. They love the ability to have some connection online with other people. "
Robert Kotick
Game
Friends
Business
" We don't view the App Store as a really big opportunity for dedicated games. "
Robert Kotick
Big
Games
Opportunity
" When employees can bring their full selves to work, we get the full benefit of all their perspectives and experiences. "
Robert Kotick
Experiences
Bring
Employees
" You put some things out there. Some work, some don't, and then one really takes off, and that pays for your failures. Then you go on to the next one. "
Robert Kotick
Work
Your
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" Our customers need to be satisfied that there is a price-value relationship that they feel great about. "
Robert Kotick
Need
Our
Feel
" I ran a hot-dog-and-soda stand at Little League, and I started a business planning parties in high school. "
Robert Kotick
School
Planning
Business
" We want to give our audiences flexibility in the way they're commercially engaged in the content. "
Robert Kotick
Way
Give
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" Veterans Day is a time to reflect and renew our commitment to ensure our military heroes have the tools to reintegrate successfully back to civilian life. "
Robert Kotick
Time
Back
Day
" We'd love to see Led Zeppelin on 'Guitar Hero.' "
Robert Kotick
Hero
Led Zeppelin
Love
" If you want to retain your identity and culture, we're a really great mothership. If you want to sell out... there are definitely other companies to talk to. "
Robert Kotick
Identity
Culture
You
" It's very easy to criticize the CEO of the market leader. "
Robert Kotick
Market
CEO
Criticize
" In the mid 1980s, video games as an industry had lost its way a bit. Atari had collapsed. There was this widespread collective belief that it was because video games were a fad. "
Robert Kotick
Belief
Games
Way
" How do you expect people to actually join the military if, when they leave the military, they can't integrate back into the free market they're supposed to be protecting? "
Robert Kotick
You
People
Military
" It's about really being considerate of the culture in the game studios that Activision buys. That's the biggest difference between us and any of our competitors. "
Robert Kotick
Us
Being
Difference
" The audience for 'World of Warcraft' is a pretty committed group of players. "
Robert Kotick
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Audience
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" As business models evolve, as the way you distribute content evolves, as the ability to do things online changes in terms of pricing or trial or sample, I think we've definitely always been out in front of the rest of our competitors. "
Robert Kotick
You
Business
Think
" The social element has really transformed the gaming experience. "
Robert Kotick
Experience
Element
Social
" We've always operated under the belief that you could run a video game business as professionally as you could run a consumer packaged goods business, and you wouldn't diminish creativity. "
Robert Kotick
Business
You
Run
" All my life, I've been the rebel in the X-wing fighter, and then one morning, I woke up, and I was on board the Death Star. "
Robert Kotick
Life
Morning
My Life
" What I'm good at is making sure we have the best resources, the best talent, the best marketing, and the best access to distribution. "
Robert Kotick
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