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" I want to be clear: I do not view myself so much as the owner of Fulham but a custodian of the club on behalf of its fans. "
Shahid Khan
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" 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. "
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" Nobody cares about '60 Minutes.' Everybody cares about the Jaguars. Isn't that amazing? "
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" 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. "
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" I own two species of the raptors - Falco peregrinus and Falco biarmicus. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" You can't confuse safety with religion or national origin. "
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" I promise that no one wants to deliver a winner to Fulham supporters more than I do. "
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" Washing dishes gave me the sense of empowerment and feeling that I control my destiny. "
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" 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. "
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" My priority is to ensure the club and Craven Cottage each have a viable and sustainable Premier League future that fans of present and future generations can be proud of. "
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