I may have hurt some people along the way, but I would like to be seen as somebody who has done his best to do the right thing for any situation and not compromised.

Britain needs a real push. It needs nationalism. The sort of spirit that comes during a war. It needs people really to want to see the UK sitting again, maybe not as a colonial power, but as an economic power.

I have two or three cars that I like, but today, Ferrari would be the best car I have driven in terms of being an impressive car.

I will certainly not join politics. I would like to be remembered as a clean businessman who has not partaken in any twists and turns beneath the surface, and one who has been reasonably successful.

I have been constantly telling people to encourage people, to question the unquestioned and not to be ashamed to bring up new ideas, new processes to get things done.

I have also made this a point in our company: We need to stop taking baby steps and start thinking globally. It really seems to be helping.

What I would like to do is to leave behind a sustainable entity of a set of companies that operate in an exemplary manner in terms of ethics, values and continue what our ancestors left behind.

I admire people who are very successful. But if that success has been achieved through too much ruthlessness, then I may admire that person, but I can’t respect him.

There are many things that, if I have to relive, maybe I will do it another way. But I would not like to look back and think what I have not been able to.

Power and wealth are not two of my main stakes.

Young entrepreneurs will make a difference in the Indian ecosystem.

Take the stones people throw at you, and use them to build a monument.

Ups and downs in life are very important to keep us going, because a straight line even in an ECG means we are not alive.

None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise none can destroy a person, but its own mindset can!

At Tatas, we believe that if we are not among the top three in an industry, we should look seriously at what it would take to become one of the top three players. Or think about exiting the industry.