Jochen Zeitz Quotes

Jochen Zeitz

Profession : Businessman

Birth : April 6, 1963

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

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Everything is interconnected. The moment you take philosophy, psychology, religion and business and look at the underlying commonalities, that's when you start looking at business in a different way.

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We should bring in an environmental attitude, and I think luxury should automatically be about sustainability and quality.

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

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The puma... the cat... is not just about power and speed and strength... but it is also a very elegant animal. That's what we've tried to reflect in our products.

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Business needs to push the agenda rather than waiting for it to happen.

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Obviously, South Africa is our most important market, but we are also gradually increasing our presence throughout East and West as well as North Africa. It is a continent with a lot of potential which we plan to tap into.

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I picked up the phone and called Herbert Hainer, the CEO of Adidas, and said, 'Well, it's Peace Day coming up. I think it's about time after 60 years to end this feud. How about doing something together?'

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When I became CEO, I just didn't think about my age too much. I'm sure many people did think that my age mattered, but I didn't. That was probably because of my age.

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

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The problem is you can't wear your old shoes too often because people say, 'You're still wearing that shoe?'

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

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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.

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I always wanted to be a medical doctor, and I never thought of business.

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

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I believe in metaphysics. I don't believe in God because I think that is a human simplification of the things we can't explain. But I believe in a greater universe.

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The B Team can catalyse initiatives.

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We should eat less meat - all of us - and we should use less leather. I mean, that's reality.

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We all know that cattle and beef are among the biggest contributors to carbon emissions.

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

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