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The handwriting is on the wall: if you want to have your franchises viable, then you can't have a situation where New York and Chicago and Los Angeles are doing very, very well, and some other teams are, but, I would say, a significant percentage of the teams in our league are struggling financially.

- Michael Heisley

Doing, Some, Very, Handwriting

I was considered one of RCA's brightest young people. Then one day, I found out we'd been sold. They didn't even consult me.

- Michael Heisley

Young, Been, Sold, Brightest

There's very little substitute in the business world for making money.

- Michael Heisley

World, Making, Very, Business World

I love Memphis. They've been good to me, the town and everything else. And quite frankly, I love the NBA and love being involved in it.

- Michael Heisley

Love, Memphis, Been, Everything Else

I love doing deals and operating companies.

- Michael Heisley

Love, Doing, Companies, Operating

I made my money turning around distressed or bankrupt companies. I did 50-some of them in my career... I started on a shoestring and eventually built up quite a fortune.

- Michael Heisley

Career, Fortune, Built, Distressed

I come from the operations side of the business, and I buy companies to operate them, not to flip them.

- Michael Heisley

Operations, Side, Companies, Flip

I have spent my career making a difference with underperforming assets.

- Michael Heisley

Career, Making, Assets

How much you accumulate is a byproduct of what you enjoy doing in life. And I enjoy buying companies.

- Michael Heisley

Doing, How, How Much, Accumulate

I hope to continue acquiring companies, not so much for the accumulation of wealth but because it's what I do well, and you always like to do what you do well.

- Michael Heisley

Wealth, Always, Like, Accumulate

I tremendously enjoy getting involved in a troubled situation and straightening it out... My interest would be if there was a situation that came up, and I thought I could do something with and the price was right, I would be interested.

- Michael Heisley

Enjoy, Thought, Could, Troubled

I've made it clear for some time if somebody came up with the right offer, I'd consider selling the team. It wasn't a secret in Memphis or, really, around the country.

- Michael Heisley

Country, Some, Made, Memphis

I've never seen the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

- Michael Heisley

Never, Agreement, Bargaining, Collective

Pau Gasol is extremely popular in Spain. I don't know how much he sells, but I get nothing in Spain. The money goes to the league, and they use it for whatever they choose to use it for to run the league.

- Michael Heisley

Goes, Use, Sells, Spain

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