Shahid Khan Quotes

I've said this before: a homeless guy in Detroit has more mojo than a millionaire in Jacksonville.

- Shahid Khan

More, Before, Mojo, Homeless

Nobody cares about '60 Minutes.' Everybody cares about the Jaguars. Isn't that amazing?

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Amazing, Cares, Everybody, 60 Minutes

Paul came to the Jaguars in 1994 and has loyally served the franchise in a variety of capacities, most recently holding the title of Senior Vice President of Football Operations and General Counsel.

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Vice, Franchise, Counsel, Capacities

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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Egg, Like, Very, Interwoven

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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Proud, Sustainable, Ensure, Premier

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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London, Made, Part, Engine

Discretion is a very valuable asset.

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Discretion, Very, Asset, Valuable Asset

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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Work, Best, Kind, Being The Best

The bedrock of this country are immigration and, really, a great separation between church and state.

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Immigration, Country, Bedrock

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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London, Here, Pretty, Relatives

I've lived the American Dream and had a great life. Immigration and religion and racial tolerance are the foundation of this country.

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Immigration, Country, Had, Tolerance

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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Other, Been, Embraces, Misunderstood

I learned analytics. It's a point of reference, of information. It has to be a factor in decision making.

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Decision, Making, Reference, Factor

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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Love, Here, Energizing, Factor

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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Business, Pretty, Side, Grail

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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Average, Here, I Think, Controversial

In the auto industry, I spent years perfecting processes. Now, the successes and failures don't get the kind of publicity obviously NFL football does.

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Processes, Failures, Auto, Auto Industry

I promise that no one wants to deliver a winner to Fulham supporters more than I do.

- Shahid Khan

Winner, More, Than, Supporters

Throwing money on the fire is normally not the solution to every problem. You put the fire out by listening to the people who are smarter than you are.

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Listening, People, Put, Normally

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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Want, Here, Serve, Reporting

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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Overcome, Minority, Had, Flow

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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Small, No Regrets, Historic, Fan Base

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.

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Myself, Want, Owner, Custodian

When you hire in business, you don't worry about marquee value.

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Business, Worry, Hire, Marquee

I have learned lessons in America about how you go about things, and what I know is that you find the best people, empower them, give them the resources, and hold them accountable.

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Give, Accountable, Learned, I Have Learned

Clubs shouldn't be counting on an owner just as a benefactor.

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Counting, Owner, Clubs, Benefactor

Sashi will assume the general counsel responsibilities formerly held by Paul Vance, who is leaving the franchise after 18 years of service.

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Will, Counsel, Franchise, Assume

You have to take the time to live in a place to collect all the pieces, develop a vision. You can't just go to Home Depot and buy everything.

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Go, Develop, Buy, Collect

There are 320 million American dreams. Go get yours.

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Go, Get, Million, Yours

As a fan, there are times you get frustrated as to what you think a team ought to be doing.

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Think, Fan, Times, Ought

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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Other, Highest Level, In The End

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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Business, Brazil, Brutal, Hype

You go through life and learn valuable lessons.

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Learn, Go, Through, Lessons

Urban living is an intersection of business and personal life.

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Business, Living, Urban, Intersection

I discovered the Four Seasons brand many years ago. There is a certain magic.

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Magic, Seasons, Discovered, Brand

I feel I have to play a role to help Jacksonville achieve big things, to achieve its potential. There is opportunity here, and sometimes it isn't always evident, but it's there.

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Play, Here, Always, Evident

I'm from the colonies, so I remember when the sun never set on the British Empire.

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I Remember, Set, Empire

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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Game, Manager, Feels, Kit

As an engineer, I learned that a long time ago: you don't want to get into a rational discussion about irrational subjects.

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Want, Subjects, Learned, Rational

I can help as chairperson, and Fulham can help our NFL effort. Collectively, these synergies will help everybody.

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Effort, Will, Everybody, Collectively

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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Mind, Young, Energetic, Likewise

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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Upside, Lies, About, Popular

It's not an easy thing to captive-breed a falcon. You need to take extreme care of its diet and exercise and keep it close to its natural environment. Whenever the birds take ill, I only use Ayurveda to cure them.

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Exercise, Use, Cure, Falcon

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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Education, Year, Almost, Employees

The great thing about the NFL is that you get into it for love, and you realise it is a fabulous business.

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Love, Great Thing, Realise, Fabulous

Jacksonville has exceptionally good talent in the areas of modality activities.

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Good, Talent, Activities, Exceptionally

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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Commercial, Everybody, Plane, Chicago

Mohamed Al Fayed took Fulham from the second tier to where they are today.

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Today, Where, Took, Al

I was recently very fortunate to have been introduced to Mohamed Al Fayed, a man I respect and admire immensely for what he has accomplished in his life and - above all - what he has given others.

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Been, Very, Given, Al

Washing dishes gave me the sense of empowerment and feeling that I control my destiny.

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Destiny, Me, Empowerment, Washing

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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London, Think, Globally, Operations

The concept of head coach simply means being hyperfocused on the pitch and team performance.

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Performance, Head, Means, Head Coach

The NFL is one of the few sports where it's possible to tear things down and start again.

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Sports, Again, NFL, Tear

One good thing about being in business is you learn to compromise. And so you learn to strike a deal that maybe isn't what you were looking for but is better than what you've got.

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Business, Learn, Deal, Compromise

Cold calling is about developing social skills and getting used to rejection. We are constantly selling something to somebody.

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Developing, Social, About, Calling

I love it. In the NFL, you win or you lose, and the money still shows up.

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Love, Still, I Love, NFL

People will stop me on the street, and they know - Jaguars. It's a certain street recognition we didn't have years ago.

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People, Recognition, Will, Years Ago

I'll be spending most of my time really relating to the fans and developing the relationships. The rebirth, really, of the franchise in Jacksonville where we will win on and off the field.

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Will, Franchise, Relating, Rebirth

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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Business, Winning, Having, Club

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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Think, Some, I Think, Expectations

You can't confuse safety with religion or national origin.

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Safety, Origin, National, Confuse

I love architecture, but I learned early on that architects just don't make a lot of money.

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Love, Lot, I Love, Architects

I really believe in fate or destiny, and I believe the Jacksonville Jaguars were my destiny. I believe, when it's all said and done, it couldn't have worked out better for me... man, oh man, this was just perfect.

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Destiny, Fate, Perfect, I Believe The

To me, the worst thing is to just be knee-jerk and emotional.

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Me, Worst Thing, Just Be, Worst

You have to have commercial income so you can spend on players.

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Income, Players, Spend, Commercial

This is a partnership really with the fans. They have to come and support the team.

- Shahid Khan

Team, Support, Come, Partnership

I almost felt like I knew London before the first time I went there.

- Shahid Khan

Like, Before, Almost, London

I own two species of the raptors - Falco peregrinus and Falco biarmicus.

- Shahid Khan

Own, Two, Species

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.

- Shahid Khan

Work, Work Hard, Some, Luck

I can control my destiny; I control my life.

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Life, My Life, Control, Destiny

I think imagination is a crazy thing, and that's what makes the world go around.

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World, Think, I Think, Imagination

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