It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.

I don't want to be a great chief executive without being a great mum and a great wife.

Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.

I was the chief executive once, I've been there. My recommendation to anybody is don't go backwards.

I accept that responsibility and ask only that I be judged by my performance as its chief executive.

I'm a former governor, and so I was the chief executive, and when the legislature wasn't in session, I was running the state.