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All Quotes by author - Shahid Khan

" As a fan, there are times you get frustrated as to what you think a team ought to be doing. "

" As an engineer, I learned that a long time ago: you don't want to get into a rational discussion about irrational subjects. "

" Basically, what I want to share with the Jacksonville fans is, here I am, reporting for duty and ready to serve the fans. Let the fun begin. "

" Clubs shouldn't be counting on an owner just as a benefactor. "

" Cold calling is about developing social skills and getting used to rejection. We are constantly selling something to somebody. "

" Discretion is a very valuable asset. "

" Football is about as popular as it can be in the U.S. The upside, the expansion and growth lies overseas. "

" I almost felt like I knew London before the first time I went there. "

" I believe the term 'head coach' has been misunderstood, though not by Slavisa nor nearly every one of the other candidates we interviewed. Slavisa avidly embraces the concept of head coach, which is to be on the pitch, training, organising, planning, and everything that comes in preparing for and leading the Club on match day. "

" I can control my destiny; I control my life. "

" I can help as chairperson, and Fulham can help our NFL effort. Collectively, these synergies will help everybody. "

" I discovered the Four Seasons brand many years ago. There is a certain magic. "

" I don't think it's any different if I'm in the U.S. or in London. I look at operations globally. "

" I feel I have to play a role to help Jacksonville achieve big things, to achieve its potential. There is opportunity here, and sometimes it isn't always evident, but it's there. "

" If you aren't learning, you are regressing, because more growth comes from failure than from success. "

" I had to overcome a lot of barriers. Until 1947, it was illegal for people from the subcontinent to migrate to the U.S. The subcontinentals were the last ethnic minority to gain citizenship. You assimilate. My name was too hard. They said, 'Shad is what we are calling you.' You go with the flow. "

" I have a huge affinity with London, and I have a lot of relatives here - now and before I was born. I pretty much look at London as the centre of the universe. "

" I have learned lessons in America about how you go about things, and what I know is that you find the best people, empower them, give them the resources, and hold them accountable. "

" I have no regrets about buying Fulham. Absolutely not. This is a perfect club for what we wanted to do. It's absolutely historic, small, and has just the perfect fan base. "

" I learned analytics. It's a point of reference, of information. It has to be a factor in decision making. "

" I'll be spending most of my time really relating to the fans and developing the relationships. The rebirth, really, of the franchise in Jacksonville where we will win on and off the field. "

" I love architecture, but I learned early on that architects just don't make a lot of money. "

" I love it. In the NFL, you win or you lose, and the money still shows up. "

" I'm from the colonies, so I remember when the sun never set on the British Empire. "

" In a way, NAFTA is like a scrambled egg. How do you unscramble an egg? The value chains are so interwoven that it would be very difficult to do that. But government policies force us to look for ways to unscramble it. "

" In just my interaction, I go to factories, and I talk to our employees. And in Canada, they have had a least a year or two more education. It's like, almost, I never run into anybody who hasn't finished high school. And in the United States, you have a lot who dropped out of 11th grade or whatever. "

" In the auto industry, I spent years perfecting processes. Now, the successes and failures don't get the kind of publicity obviously NFL football does. "

" In the end, all we need to remember is Slavisa has promoted a club from the Championship to the Premier League and has managed sides at the highest level of football. In other words, Slavisa is exactly the head coach we need. "

" I own two species of the raptors - Falco peregrinus and Falco biarmicus. "

" I promise that no one wants to deliver a winner to Fulham supporters more than I do. "

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