Neville Isdell Quotations

We've arrested the decline, and we're making progress.

We're looking at where we are most profitable and then expand our offerings there.

This quarter we made further progress toward achieving consistent top-line growth in our business. It completes a transition year in which the company delivered solid unit case volume growth that was well balanced between carbonated soft drinks and noncarbonated beverages.

I am satisfied with our progress to date and believe that our 18-to-24-month turnaround is on track,

Global macro-economic trends for many of these countries remain favorable.

Our primary focus is to make progress in our flagship North America market where we've lost a small percentage of volume market share.

Our results in the quarter reflect solid performance in many markets, but we are experiencing challenging conditions in several key countries, including Germany, Mexico and the Philippines,

We continue to see improvement in our execution across the globe. Most importantly, it brings to an end our transition year.

We continue to see good results in many markets, including Latin America, Africa, Russia, Turkey, central Europe, Japan and China and stabilization in an increasingly focused North America,

We have a long way to go in mastering that art, ... As we identified the fact we were under pricing, the pendulum swung too far over to only improve price. The pendulum should be stopped in the middle so we have a proper balance between volume and price.

We have a very positive outlook about Coke Zero.

There is still growth in carbonated soft drinks.

An effective volume and value growth strategy is critical to the success of our system, ... While this strategy is working in some regions, in other key regions we still have much work to do. The benefit of our actions may not be immediate.

This business is finally starting to believe that it can win again.

There will be a period in the middle where people will say it's not happening quick enough, ... But I'm comfortable with that; I'm here for the long term.

For all of us at Coca-Cola, the Fulbright Prize celebrates the qualities of character that can bring together peoples, cultures and nations for a common good. We congratulate President Clinton on being honored with this distinction and recognition of his tireless efforts in helping others around the world.

It's not an indicator one way or another. That's a question that obviously keeps arising. When the time comes, there will be internal candidates, there will be external candidates. It will be based on how they've performed the jobs they had.

It's not an indicator one way or another.

strong performance in Latin America, central and eastern Europe and northern Asia, as well as stabilization from an increasingly focused North America.

Not everyone in this room is going to agree with everyone's views.

I'm not happy about it at all. I don't believe we performed as well as we could. With just a two percent increase in worldwide unit volume growth last year, it's hard to deny that,

I am working on stabilizing the business and regenerating growth. We're in a great industry with high margin and we have the knowledge and the expertise. For now we're focused on getting our own house in order and improving shareholder value, not the size of the business.

The Coca-Cola System is fully activated to meet the demands,