Quotes from Ginni Rometty

You make the right decision for the long run. You manage for the long run, and you continue to move to higher value. That's what I think my job is.

IBM existed a good 50 years before mainframes - we started with scales.

To me, I learned along the way, you know, culture is behavior. That's all it is; culture is people's behaviors.

No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices.

And the reason I came to IBM was I think - I always say at a really early age, I learned you've got to be passionate about what you do. No matter what it is, you put too much, your heart and soul in it, you have to be passionate about it. You make too many sacrifices.

We have started something called the Corporate Services Corps. Now, it was modeled after the Peace Corps from long ago, the 1960s. And the idea was in this modern day and age, how do you get IBM'ers around the world to be global citizens? You know, globally aware, contribute, understand how to work in that environment, but do it on scale.

India... what a big part you play in this story for IBM and for the world.

Artificial intelligence is one of 50 things that Watson does. There is also machine learning, text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and different analytical engines - they're like little Lego bricks. You can put intelligence in any product or any process you have.

If you ask me, 'So what is your business model?' Our business model's always about shifting to higher value opportunities.

The amazing thing about IBM is that it's a company where I have had 10 different careers - local jobs, global jobs, technology jobs, industry jobs, financial services, insurance, start-ups, big scale. The network of talent around you is phenomenal.

You need to have a great support around you, people that empathise, understand and yet support, because these CEO jobs are all-consuming.

I think actions speak louder than words is one thing I think I always took from my mom. And to this day, I think about that in everything I do.

Never love something so much that you can't let go of it.

Your value will be not what you know; it will be what you share.

The ability to please your shareholders comes because of what you do for clients.

I've always looked for challenges, and I have found plenty.

If we would change the basis and align what is taught in school with what is needed with business... that's where I came up with this idea of 'new collar.' Not blue collar or white collar.

I was always surrounded by people that wanted to mentor you.

You've got to keep reinventing. You'll have new competitors. You'll have new customers all around you.

The recommendation when I'm mentoring folks, I always tell them - and we talked about this last year - take a risk.

Everyone talks about how much data's in the world. Except, actually, 80% of it is pretty blind to computers. I mean, it can store it. But if it's a movie, a poem, a song, it doesn't know what it's actually saying or doing.

I am very practical.

We share no data with the government anywhere in the world.

You define yourself by either what your clients want or what you believe they'll need for the future. So: Define yourself by your client, not your competitor.