Michael Heisley Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Michael Heisley:

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/michael-heisley-quotes/#36ecf5b6

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/michael-heisley-quotes/#1fde1519

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/michael-heisley-quotes/#6c9d56cc

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/michael-heisley-quotes/#bfc41498

I love doing deals and operating companies.
~Michael Heisley


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/michael-heisley-quotes/#b261381b

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/michael-heisley-quotes/#1a30a677

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/michael-heisley-quotes/#4184fc73

If you look at my business record, I basically love to do turn-arounds. That's where I made all of my money.
~Michael Heisley


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/michael-heisley-quotes/#baff1077

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/michael-heisley-quotes/#a06c56d2

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/michael-heisley-quotes/#ab95c872

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/michael-heisley-quotes/#e4cb5600

I've never seen the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
~Michael Heisley


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/michael-heisley-quotes/#b767234f

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/michael-heisley-quotes/#59cb10a8

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/michael-heisley-quotes/#debe198d

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


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/michael-heisley-quotes/#5305f260

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