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" The entire NBA knew in 2010 that the best player in the world could be a free agent in 2014. We weren't the only team positioning ourselves for the summer of 2014. "

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Big

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" On this planet, there is no perfection. If you chose to end relationships because of one mistake, you're going to be alone. "

" I think that when we strip people down, most of us want the same things. People just have very different views of how to get there. "

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Different

Down

" There's an energy in an urban core that you just don't get anywhere else. "

" The first thing is to hang on to everybody who is talented, who is entrepreneurial, who wants to make an impact and a change and start attracting ones. "

" There's nothing better than people talking to each other, sharing best practices, and opening up communications. "

" I think Detroit is where muscle meets brains. "

" People still don't know how good Kevin Love is because he played in Minnesota... you didn't see him much on TV. His passing, his knowledge of the game - the stuff that doesn't show up in the stats - he has so much going for him. "

" When we do an investment, we always ask, 'Can we affect the outcome? When buying a company, can we have an impact?' That's a different style of investing than a passive investor in the stock market. To me, that's how you're taking the risk out of it. You know what your capability is and how you can enhance value. "

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Value

Know

" Everybody made mistakes for years, but by making them, everybody learned - myself, the franchise, coaches, players, LeBron, everybody. "

" When we grew up, we wanted to do two things: to own a sports team and a casino. "

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Own

Two

" If you were blessed with a fortunate position... why wouldn't you want to impact the world around you as much as possible? "

" People are more optimistic about Detroit outside of Detroit. "

Dan Gilbert

People

Detroit

" First thing I said to him was, 'LeBron, you know this is true. We had five good years and one bad night'. Like a marriage that's good, and then one bad thing happens, and you never talk to each other again. "

" LeBron James needs to go to another team with two superstars already so he can win a championship. "

Dan Gilbert

Championship

" One of our things is that money follows; it does not lead. So we want people that are fired up and passionate about their mission... and people that aren't so married to spreadsheets and thinking that kind of voodoo controls the future. Because it doesn't. "

" StockX's live marketplace will harness the Internet's natural ability to facilitate a better way to transact certain segments of ecommerce. We are going to bring the kind of trading platform and visibility to tangible products that financial and commodities markets have used for decades. "

" From LeBron's standpoint, if a guy like Kyrie walks away - that creates doubt. But Kyrie committed right away, and that's a major statement about his faith in us. "

" We like scalable companies that we think we can grow - because of our expertise, operational is consumer-facing. For the most part, consumer-facing, technology-driven process, driven sometimes if they're call center or into the sales type of stuff associated with it. "

" It's time for people to hold these athletes accountable for their actions. "

" Detroit's a good investment because, first of all, the entry fee for everything is lower. And, you've got the talent that is here that is ambitious and motivated, so you're going to get in on a much lower cost structure in every way, shape, or form from labor to buildings to whatever. "

" The efficiency, credibility, and liquidity of the financial markets have been foundational to the largest economy in the world. "

" In today's world, social media, people get judged so much by the last thing that happened, I almost feel, in a way, young people get to see that not only is it OK to fail - that's the way you get to championship success, whether it's sports or business or life. "