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" I'm from the colonies, so I remember when the sun never set on the British Empire. "
Shahid Khan
Sun
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Never
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" The NFL is one of the few sports where it's possible to tear things down and start again. "
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" You balance sport and business by having a sustainable model for a club and by winning. Because winning makes people feel better. "
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" Washing dishes gave me the sense of empowerment and feeling that I control my destiny. "
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" When I got there, there were two sides: business and football. Business I understand. It was pretty obvious to me what we had to do. But the football side was like the Holy Grail. "
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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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" 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. "
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" We have made a great effort to stabilize the Jaguars, and London has played a key part in that. We see the Jaguars as an engine and catalyst for the overall growth of Jacksonville, and I believe we have proven our commitment beyond a doubt. "
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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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" Football is about as popular as it can be in the U.S. The upside, the expansion and growth lies overseas. "
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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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" Whenever I was flying commercial, I would land in Chicago, and they would announce, 'Get your passports out.' It happened so often, I would walk to the front of the plane and say, 'You're looking for me. Just take me; it will be easier for everybody else. "
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" You can do anything you want to do. You have to work hard, you have to create your own luck, and you have to have some luck also. "
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" It doesn't matter how hard you work, there are forces that kind of prevent you from being the best you can be. "
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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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