Quotes from Doug McMillon

There are things about retail that are not enjoyable.

Yeah, we're trying to learn from Sam Walton, learn from competition, and on a global basis be able to be the very best as we try to bring it all together.

Everybody loves saving time and something that's easy.

My family raised bird dogs when I was growing up in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and I'm a gun owner myself.

If Black and African-Americans could participate in our economy at the same level that others do, it'd be a boost to GDP growth.

If you want to think of a company as a system, design the system to benefit all. So how can you raise wages, increase training, and reduce carbon, and provide low-prices? We believe that it's possible to deliver, and I find a lot of other likeminded CEOs, as it relates to thinking that way.

I went to graduate school and paid good money to get an education that's worth something, but I learned more in the first six months at Wal-Mart than I learned in 5 1/2 years of post-secondary education.

Respect for the individual is one of our core beliefs at Walmart.

The world is a better place with Walmart in it.

Low prices at Walmart are a given. Customers almost take that for granted. But they also want to save time, and that goal is increasing in importance relative to just saving money.

We want everybody to feel comfortable shopping at Walmart.

We want everyone at Walmart to feel comfortable coming to work.

Customers want a broad assortment, especially with e-commerce. If you pull up your mobile app to look for something at Walmart, we want you to be able to find it.

India is an important part of the Walmart story.

Walmart is not arrogant. We could go away at any minute. I think most of us act that way every day. If you're not willing to fail - and we are failing at some things - you're going to go away.

When I joined Walmart, I just had a team mindset, but I look back on it now, and I realize some of those early jobs I had, I was trying to help other people and rally the team. It ended up people started looking at me as a leader.

For years, we've asked our suppliers to prioritize the talent and diversity of their sales teams calling on our company.

Usually supply chains operate quietly behind the scenes.

We are committed to supporting the economic growth of India and this includes providing a resource to local partners and taking 'Made in India' products global.

Walmart was built on the idea that we could give our customers access to the items they need every day at the lowest prices by eliminating waste and managing our expenses better than the competition.

We are a retailer - we are a merchant. That is our business. But we look for places to make a positive difference. There is such a thing as a double bottom line, whether it is the wage increase or what we do with environmental sustainability to limit waste.

Shipping packages one at a time is not only wasteful and environmentally unsustainable, it isn't cost-effective.

We hope that our associates over time can do more delivery from their way home from stores. We keep trying to figure that out given the realities and the rules associated with that.

We cannot let the competition beat us on price.