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" This is a partnership really with the fans. They have to come and support the team. "
Shahid Khan
Team
Fans
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" We have the talent in place, and I think if you are a Jaguars fan, you should be excited, and you should have some expectations that we're going to be a sustainable, winning organization now. "
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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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" Jacksonville has exceptionally good talent in the areas of modality activities. "
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" 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. "
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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 don't think it's any different if I'm in the U.S. or in London. I look at operations globally. "
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" If you aren't learning, you are regressing, because more growth comes from failure than from success. "
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" Toronto is a world-class city. You don't have a debate here about immigration because you need it to just maintain your pensions: that's dependent on people coming in to fund that. And again, I don't want to be controversial, but I think the average education level in Canada is probably higher than in the United States. "
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" There are 320 million American dreams. Go get yours. "
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" I would encourage someone to go to Brazil and try to do business there. BRIC countries get a lot of hype, but business there is brutal. "
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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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" 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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Need
" Manager Kit Symons sees our players daily. As a top-flight player not that long ago, Kit knows and feels the game. "
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" Nobody cares about '60 Minutes.' Everybody cares about the Jaguars. Isn't that amazing? "
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Nobody Cares
Amazing
Nobody
" You go through life and learn valuable lessons. "
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" I love it. In the NFL, you win or you lose, and the money still shows up. "
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" There's a lot of young talent. I felt strongly that we wanted somebody with a great football mind who'd make it their mission to succeed. And a coach, likewise. Somebody young, energetic, open. "
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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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" I've gotten to know them and love everything about the people of Jacksonville. There is an energy and a youth factor here that you don't typically associate with Florida. There's a real vitality. It's energizing. "
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" I learned analytics. It's a point of reference, of information. It has to be a factor in decision making. "
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" I can control my destiny; I control my life. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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People
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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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Fun
" 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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Growth
Expansion
" Mohamed Al Fayed took Fulham from the second tier to where they are today. "
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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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