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" Widening the talent pipeline sufficiently will require a generational commitment to teaching math and science, providing technical training, and mentoring young people of all backgrounds so they understand the full range of possibilities that a career in technology affords. "

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" When you're a large company with significant market share, it's tempting to view market disruptions as a threat, but we view them as an opportunity. "

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" We're living through the second Industrial Revolution. "

" I think at least my philosophy of leadership is you focus more on the areas you have to improve or the mistakes than you do on your successes. And that's just how I am in real life. I don't want to let down my customers, my employees, my shareholders. "

" The Internet will change the way we work, live, learn, and play. "

" My mistakes are always around moving too slow or moving too fast without process behind it. And it's something that, if we're not careful, we'll repeat again and again. "

" The No. 1 country in the world to do business in is which one? To locate where you want to create jobs, where you want to have a great market? It's Canada. Even in Russia, you can build a Silicon Valley outside of Moscow. "

" Often, what I tell a new CEO asking for advice, or one of my own new leaders, is the two most important decisions that your team is going to watch is the first person you hire and the first person you promote - because you are saying that's the type of person I want. "

" If every company becomes a technology company, business models and transitions are going to occur. From a CEO's perspective, this is going to be the biggest technology transition of all times. "

" I think India should be our top ally in Asia Pacific. And the two countries have so much in common, including being the largest and most powerful democracies. "

" You want to select the right applications at the right time for your industry. "

" We know that veterans have valuable skills and experiences that are highly sought after in today's workforce. "

" I hope that the new leader, whoever they are - and I hope that it will be Hillary - will bring our country back to participation by all groups and will talk about how technology will enable not just 10% of our population, but all of our population. "

" The political gridlock in Washington leads us to conclude that policymakers don't have the ability to put the public finances of the U.S. on a sustainable footing. "

John T. Chambers

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" I don't make fun of people. I call people by what they want to be called. What does your best friend call you? What does your spouse call you? It helps you emotionally connect to people. "

" Never ask your employees to do something you wouldn't be willing to do yourself. "

" I think, as time passes, people will come to see that the United States' credit standing is really not quite the same level as the ones that we rate AAA. "

" A well-run organization turns over 10% of their organizations, including senior leadership. I don't have the heart to do that. "

" I think it was a major mistake to revisit Title II. "

" I think we have a tax policy that was designed before Microsoft even went public. I think we've got to change - we're at a huge disadvantage around the world. "

" To go back to a 1950s voice mentality with Title II and net neutrality would be a tremendous mistake for our country. "

John T. Chambers

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" If you asked would I have done a startup in India, the answer is yes. "

" When I think about developing solutions, I think about how we can use technology to make a difference. "

" There is no secure data center in the world; they have all been broken into. We can help you prepare for it and minimize the damage when it does occur. "

" In 2001, we were like most high-tech companies, with one or two primary products that were really important to us. "

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" Our line of business structure has served us very well in the past, when customer segments and product requirements were very distinct. "

" At Cisco, we are moving to collaboration teams, groups coming together that represent sales, engineering, finance, legal, etc. And we're training leaders to think across silos. "

" When I look at the success of the Cisco Networking Academy program, which has reached more than 4.75 million people since 1997, I know it could have never achieved this scale without our partners. Together we provide the tools, equipment and training for our students and teachers. "

" I am a proud moderate republican. But I like democrats as well. "

John T. Chambers

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" There are two equalizers in life: the Internet and education. "

" In 2008, we began an initiative to outsource projects from our Israeli office to three companies in the Palestinian Territories. "