James L. Dolan Professions : Businessman Browse All Authors Top 26 quotes by James L. Dolan Even if your teams are doing lousy and you don't have a good concert, you are still going to be Madison Square Garden, you are still going to be the 'showplace of America.' James L. Dolan doing good you garden All I can do is keep moving forward. James L. Dolan forward i-can moving-forward moving I don't make my decisions by P.R. I make my decisions based on what I think is right or wrong. James L. Dolan wrong right decisions think Free agents want to go to a winner and get paid. James L. Dolan free go winner want I think an owner needs to be present. When an owner is not present that's when things tend to go awry. James L. Dolan present things go think Look, it's all about wins and losses to the fans. They want to believe in their team. James L. Dolan look team want believe When a coach loses a team... that's when a coach is kind of done. James L. Dolan coach team kind done I can tell you that nobody in my family wants to sell the Knicks and Rangers. As a majority owner, I don't want to sell, either. James L. Dolan nobody you family i-can I love the Knicks and Rangers, right, but you still have a responsibility to your shareholders. They're not there because they're fans. You don't invest hundreds of millions of dollars in a stock because you're a fan. You do it because you think that the business is going to increase in value, that the stock price is going to go up. James L. Dolan you business responsibility love If you go to a Liberty game, they're fun basketball games to go to. But I'll be damned if I know how to get people to go to those games. James L. Dolan game you fun people As the head of the public company, you can't say you can't sell, because then you're telling your shareholders that your own personal feelings about your assets are more important than their money. And they won't invest with you if you do that. James L. Dolan you money important feelings I'm an artist, and an artist doesn't worry about being politically correct when I write. James L. Dolan write being artist worry A good executive, when things aren't going well, gets down and finds out what's going wrong and tries to fix it. James L. Dolan wrong down things good There's literally nowhere I won't go. James L. Dolan literally nowhere go Getting somebody like Phil Jackson to come in and build the team is sort of like getting Einstein to help you with your math homework. James L. Dolan your you homework team We need to keep the Garden a place that's comfortable and safe for everybody who goes there. James L. Dolan need place comfortable garden You'd be hard-pressed to find a living New York team owner the fans like. James L. Dolan find new you team I don't worry about how I look. James L. Dolan about how look worry No, the Knicks are not owned by the public. The Knicks are owned by the shareholders of the company, of which I'm the majority shareholder. James L. Dolan which shareholders company majority I don't think there's anything interesting about me. James L. Dolan anything think me interesting Similar Authors Bob Iger businessman Bob Wright businessman Bruce Karatz businessman Bruce Kovner businessman Brian Roberts businessman Brandon Wade businessman All Authors
