Travis Kalanick

If somebody can offer value at a cheaper price, they should. But that also means Uber should, too.

Competition is good.

My politics are: I'm a trustbuster. Very focused. And yeah, I'm pro-efficiency. I want the most economic activity at the lowest price possible. It's good for everybody; it's not red or blue.

In order to keep the love going, you want to keep it fun.

We have this culture valued at Uber, which we call the champions' mind-set. And champions' mind-set isn't always about winning. It's about putting everything you have on the field, every ounce of passion and energy you have. And if you get knocked down, overcoming adversity.

Competition is fun.

Based on my experience, I would say that rather than taking lessons in how to become an entrepreneur, you should jump into the pool and start swimming.

Being Uber means being efficient.

I used to be a computer engineer, and I can make really good code, and we can make systems that work really well, and we can make the application a great experience, but when you have to translate bits to atoms, you need folks who are used to working with city governments, with state governments, and so I like to say we're in a political campaign.

Surge pricing only kicks in in order to maximize the number of trips that happen and therefore reduce the number of people that are stranded.

Uber riders are the most affluent, influential people in their cities.

I talk a lot about justice. I'm about it. I'm also about civil disobedience.

I prefer building rather than fundraising.

I think the stress will kill me. I think it will be the stress.

A regulator is supposed to create and enforce a standard.

In many ways, we look at Uber as the safety net for a city.

In my first start-up, I didn't get any salary for four years, so I had to move back with my parents.

I have been trying to understand the regulators.

We have to bring out the truth about how dark and dangerous and evil the taxi side is.

You have to find ways to find that center, to find that balance, to find sanity, because again, we are getting bigger, and people look at us that way. We have to find that new balance.