Top 14 Michael Heisley Quotes
#1. I've made it clear for some time if somebody came up with the right offer, I'd consider selling the team. It wasn't a secret in Memphis or, really, around the country.
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#3. I was considered one of RCA's brightest young people. Then one day, I found out we'd been sold. They didn't even consult me.
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#4. I love Memphis. They've been good to me, the town and everything else. And quite frankly, I love the NBA and love being involved in it.
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#5. There's very little substitute in the business world for making money.
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#6. Pau Gasol is extremely popular in Spain. I don't know how much he sells, but I get nothing in Spain. The money goes to the league, and they use it for whatever they choose to use it for to run the league.
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#7. I hope to continue acquiring companies, not so much for the accumulation of wealth but because it's what I do well, and you always like to do what you do well.
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#8. If you look at my business record, I basically love to do turn-arounds. That's where I made all of my money.
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#9. I tremendously enjoy getting involved in a troubled situation and straightening it out ... My interest would be if there was a situation that came up, and I thought I could do something with and the price was right, I would be interested.
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#10. I have spent my career making a difference with underperforming assets.
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#11. I come from the operations side of the business, and I buy companies to operate them, not to flip them.
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#12. How much you accumulate is a byproduct of what you enjoy doing in life. And I enjoy buying companies.
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#13. I made my money turning around distressed or bankrupt companies. I did 50-some of them in my career ... I started on a shoestring and eventually built up quite a fortune.
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