Alex Spanos Quotes

I want to own the New York Jets, that's what I want. And I absolutely believe I am going to own the Jets.

I got an offer in 1992 to buy a major-league team. I turned down the offer because I don't want my love of the game to involve business.

I want to own an NFL franchise. I understand the business of football.

I consider each business investment based on concept and revenue.

I paid more for the Dallas Cowboys than anyone prior than that had ever paid to get involved in sports. But I wanted to be a part of the future of the Dallas Cowboys.

I do not think any thinking individual buys a sports franchise, or an English football club, to make money.

My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item.

I mean, sports are big, big, big business.

Profits in business always depend on the rate of interest: the higher the interest, the higher the rate of profit required.

Business is other people's money.

We have never seen a sport as a business, and we have this great passion for football. QPR are not a trophy asset. If we had wanted a trophy asset, there were more glamorous clubs we could have bought.

I always had a dream to someday own an NBA team.

I want to own a team one day. You know, that's my next goal.

I don't want to demonise 'Johnny.' I was really proud of what he achieved. Especially within stand-up. He was quite a unique voice. I will always possibly be trading off 'Johnny's name, but there's a lot more things that I'm able to do now - the strengths that 'Michael' can bring to it.

In any business opportunity, you'd be looking, probably, primarily at the risk and return. Some business can be very risky with a low return; what you want is the lowest risk with the biggest return.

You see I don't like to be really too commercial about things but in this business you've just got to be commercial otherwise the films don't make money and you don't make films and as a long as a commodity is selling it's silly to kill it dead.

No former player has owned a team in baseball.

When you've got a great business going, you go open another and take the risk of losing the whole thing. It's fun!

That's the ultimate gratification in any business situation - do customers buy the product? And do they use it and do they come back and buy more of it?

I'm sure there will be business ventures and things down the road, but I definitely don't want to be a team owner.

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

In order to have the next generation of modems, you would need to pour in even more R&D spending. We came to the conclusion that we're going to have a tough time to really see that we are going to succeed in the modems business.

Sun Cellular is the biggest investment in my business career.

The key, I think, from a business point of view, is to learn how to be efficient in making a record that's not too expensive, so that you're not going crazy spending tons of money making a product that might not ever return that money.

I think I'd like to be an owner of a Major League Baseball team.