Quotes from Jochen Zeitz

It may sound crazy, but maybe there's an economic way of producing a leather-like product in the laboratory.

As much as I like to explore the world, I explore music - from classical to rock.

I believe in 'business has a force for good.' You know, business has an impact on society. Of course, it creates jobs. It creates prosperity, but on the other hand, we also leave a negative footprint behind.

In the long term, Greece is an important market for us.

If we bring together the right people, communities can flourish and wildlife can survive alongside them.

Unless the local community signs up, wildlife won't survive. And without wildlife, no one will visit.

Some of the greatest stars in the history of football have been under contract with Puma.

When I joined in 1990, as they say in the sport of sailing, Puma was in the doldrums. It was a difficult time, and Puma had gone to sleep.

We have to find alternative ways of producing our raw materials without asking nature to do it for us.

I'm a virtual worker. I'm not tied to an office.

I think South Africa has shown it can host such a big event as the World Cup, so why not hold the Olympics at some point in Africa? Maybe not just in one country but in a host of countries.

Every time a new CEO came, I got a promotion till I was made CEO myself.

Look at timber prices in the late '90s, at around $50. If you count the true damage of cutting down forests, the resultant flooding, insurance claims, and so on, then the timber price should have been $100.

I wanted Puma to regain strength with the existing logo rather than try to get rid of the past.

The old way of doing 'good business' was based on the principle, 'the ends justifies the means.' In the future, good business will invoke 'the means justifying the ends.' The E P&L can already serve as an important tool to help this shift in commerce from generating profits with collateral damages to profits with collateral benefits.

Be curious enough to keep an open mind to what's happening around you in society. You can look at yourself and the world at the same time.

When you are small, and you have to try and prove yourself, it is tough. When others are catching up and copy you, that's tough. We constantly need to change ourselves to stay ahead of the game.

We're trying to find a tourism model that allows communities to thrive while business prospers.

I'm building Segera to promote a different way of doing tourism.

In Africa, you can make three acres sustainable relatively easily, but 50,000 acres? It's not about picking up towels or sleeping in a tent.

The B Team can catalyse initiatives.

We always try to reinterpret sport in an innovative, fashionable way, and when we do fashion, we're always trying to bring our sports heritage into the fashion world.

Looking at Mount Kenya in the morning is a holistic experience. I go back at least once a year.

I haven't been hunting for years. It is just a tradition I grew up with.