Lamar Odom Quotes

I've been getting some bad publicity - but you got to expect that.

I was never one to run away from trouble - I intend to continue to fight my corner and try to redeem our reputation in some way. It's very difficult when you see the PR campaign that Anglo have built up against us. A lot of the media would be very anti-Quinn and have fallen hook, line and sinker for the Anglo story where they are the good guys.

There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.

People are terrified for their own reputations. They want the press on their side.

I'm not one who goes for the 'all press is good press' dictum.

I thought I might say something to newsmen that could be turned into a scandal.

Everything that's written about me has such a negative taint. It just has a life of its own, like an avalanche, and I don't think there's anything I can do to stop it.

Overall, I'm not upset at the press.

In public relations, you live with the reality that not every disaster can be made to look like a misunderstood triumph.

Honestly, everybody gets talked about. Some people control their press a little more than others. Some people feed the press and move it the way they want to. I don't do that.

Talking to the press is not always good.

The whole idea of a spokesman is a joke and a fraud if you drop someone like a hot potato if there's controversy.

Let me tell you what the truth is... I have learned one thing in life: there is no such thing as bad press. There is not. That's a fundamental truth. The more bad things said about you, the more power they give to you.

Negative press is always going to come out.

Parliamentarians certainly know how to do bad public relations.

Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right.

I hate dealing with the press. But I think it is a necessary evil.

My theory on smear pieces is try and win 'em over.

I've had to recover not only from a single well-publicized incident, but several years of press aftermath.

I don't read my own press, so I don't know what's being reported on a daily basis - I only hear about things when they reach a sort of Def-Con status, and my publicist calls me because we have to do some damage control.

As an opinion manager, a campaign consultant, fixing personality negatives is a lot easier than fixing character negatives.

Whether it's positive or negative press, it's all good. I do understand the game.

Some people do believe that any publicity is good publicly, but I don't. I would never want to be in news for rumours.

I suspect in most companies, the public relations person is down at No. 20 in the pecking order. But here, he is fighting incredibly important battles. If a negative story starts running away with itself in the press and is not dealt with fast, it can badly damage the brand, and so we put enormous weight on our PR people.

If you have to release bad news to the public, it would help if you are not ugly.