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Search every verified Tom Staggs interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Tom Staggs, as chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, oversaw the opening of Cars Land and Buena Vista Street at Disney California Adventure in June 2012, describing the expansion as "the big, big piece" of the park's relaunch and stating that it would be "well worth the wait." He also discussed the development of Avatar for Disney's Animal Kingdom, noting that he had spent time with the creative team and that there were "really special things" to come, while declining to reveal specifics at the time. In 2013, Staggs announced the transformation of Downtown Disney into Disney Springs, saying the project was inspired by Walt Disney's parents meeting in Central Florida and that the goal was to create a "sense of place" rooted in Disney storytelling. In a 2014 commencement speech at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management, Staggs reflected on his career, including his tenure as Disney's CFO at age 37, and emphasized the importance of humility alongside self-confidence. He cited a fortune cookie note carried by former Disney president Frank Wells that read, "Humility is the final achievement." Staggs also addressed the company's acquisition of Pixar, describing it as the result of a "difficult, clear-eyed assessment," and noted the accelerating pace of technological change, saying that "the pace of change will never again be this slow."
“I've worked like a dog for 20 years so punk could have her. So that's what I've done.”
“I took out of my own kid's mouth to give to her; I took out of my own mouth.”
“I worked hungry plenty days in this city.”
“Now I gotta sit in my own house and look at a son of a punk like that when she came out of nowhere.”
“I give him my house to sleep; I take the blankets off my bed for him.”
“He takes and he puts his dirty, filthy hands on her like a goddamn thief.”
“In the worst times, when there wasn't a ship coming in the harbor, I didn't stand around looking for relief; I hustled.”
“When there were empty piers in Brooklyn, I went to Hoboken, Staten Island, the west side Jersey, all over because I made a promise.”
“What can Apache do?”
“What makes being a Disney so great for me isn't so much what we do — it's really why we do it.”
“The Ericsson company recently pointed out that it took 100 years to connect a billion places around the world but it took just 25 years to connect 5 billion — by 2020 there'll be 50 billion connected devices, and the funny thing about this is that the pace of change will never again be this slow.”
“That difficult, clear-eyed assessment led to the acquisition of Pixar for $6.2 billion.”
“I was 37 when I became CFO of the Walt Disney Company — I was well aware that I had a lot to learn and I was a bit more than daunted by the challenge ahead.”
“He also added Steve Jobs to the Disney board and as our largest shareholder.”
“Having worked in investment banking and the entertainment industry, believe me I've encountered quite a few people who seem to have adopted this pre-Copernican view of the universe with themselves cast in the role of Earth.”
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Tom Staggs, Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts unveiled Disney Springs the multi-year transformation of Downtown Disney. Disney Springs will double the number of shops, restaurants and other venues currently in Downtown Disney. There will be now four neighborhoods Town Center, The Landing, Marketplace and West Side. Construction will start in April 2013 and be completed in 2016.
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