Damon Dash Quotes

It's strictly business. If I loan you $25 million, I want my money back. I don't want to hear about the social impact. That's great for you, but now I'm $25 million in the hole, so next time you come to ask me.

LeBron and I have always been about finding companies that we truly believe in and putting real money into them. We're not talking putting in $15,000 or $20,000. It's real money plus the expertise, understanding and knowledge that we bring, as well as bringing LeBron's name and likeness to the product.

Franchising implies a financial arrangement, and I am always pleased to consider those.

So I decided to form a production company with my wife and our partner Diane.

In this business, if you don't pay your debts you're finished.

A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able to do a walking-match.

I do enjoy working with Ryan although he owes me money.

The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.

I've never signed any contract and never received a cent from Iraq.

My worst investment decision so far is to lend money to friends. So far, it has all come to zero.

Whenever you borrow money, the people you borrow it from have leverage over you.

The normal reaction of a publisher when faced with an author with a bee in his bonnet is to grab the check and run.

Whenever I talk to people who founded a company, I often like to ask the prehistory questions 'When did you meet? How long have you been working before you started the company?' A bad answer is, 'We met at a networking event a week ago, and we started a company because we both want to be entrepreneurs.'

We all know when you have a huge price tag on your shoulders, there's always a lot more pressure on you, a lot more expectation.

I took a risk and invested in SM Mall of Asia because I wanted to create something that could contribute to Philippine tourism growth.

As long as somebody 'CTC,' at the end of the day I'm with them. For all you that don't know what CTC means, that's 'Cut The Check.'

I put myself in debt to get to the NBA.

Phil Walden had complete faith in us, and I'll respect him forever for that. I think he sunk about $150,000 in us. He was close to bankruptcy a lot of the time, and Atlantic kept telling him we didn't have a chance.

Anybody that is trying to go into business with me, of course, I'm gon' do my research on them.

It's suggested I am big pals with Willie McKay. Am I? I don't think I am. He is an agent. You need these agents if you want to do a deal.

Port investments entail a lot of money, and having a partner who can share the risk makes a lot of sense. Often, it makes sense to have a local partner.

Backing a company is a serious business.

Leesa has been a partner of mine since I left the NFL and started doing this Internet business. They've been a company that has supported everything that I have going on.

The thing I love about President Trump is he's really focused on helping business succeed.

Vince McMahon can end up in a federal lawsuit with you where there is mudslinging back and forth that makes the front page of 'The Wall Street Journal,' and if tomorrow he figures out a way where the company can benefit from your involvement, you will be at a negotiating table with him at lunch.