Quotes By Doug McMillon

My best days have been when we've been able to raise wages for associates. I love doing that and I want to keep doing that. It's also important to have low prices.

We're an 'And' company, we're people and tech, we're stores and e-commerce, we're innovation and execution.

We would find ourselves in those moments saying, "I don't know the answer either, but you own the decision and tomorrow tell us what you decided." And so that quality decision making, moving fast was so different.

A lot of our growth the last couple of quarters has come from people who are coming to Walmart to save money.

The world is a better place with Walmart in it.

You've got to be able to manage change. You've got to be able to learn new tasks.

As we make investments in technology and learn how to automate things, we want our people to learn that and go with us.

We want to use innovation to be the most productive retail store in the industry.

There's only so much we can do from the home office [Walmart headquarter] to merchandise a store well. If you live in that community and work in that store, you know more about what you should be featuring and the actionality on an end cap than someone from Bentonville, Arkansas does.

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.

Hurricane Katrina touched our customers, communities we serve, and our associates in a profound way.

India is an important part of the Walmart story.

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.

You can compare the retail business to basketball. You have to have a plan, you have to hustle, you have to rely on each other, and there's a scoreboard on the wall.

The best leaders lead through influence and collaboration, regardless of their title.

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.

Look around at things that just aren't getting done. Maybe there's a project you could tackle. Maybe there's an issue that always gets back-burnered for other priorities. Challenge yourself to take on those difficult assignments. They're learning opportunities, and you have a chance to change something for the better.

We believe in learning from other people.

Sometimes, you can learn more from criticism than you can from flattery.

Helping other people develops your leadership skills, and people start to see you as a natural leader.