Alex Spanos
Alex Spanos
Alexander Gus Spanosis an American real estate developer and self-made billionaire who founded the A. G. Spanos Companies and is the majority owner of the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth28 September 1923
CountryUnited States of America
great life longer remember
My great frustration is that, more and more, my memories come and go, and friends all my life are not recognized. Many of the things I say and do, I can no longer remember even right afterwards.
bad believe hate knew losing
When you're winning, you're a hero. When you're losing, you're a bum... I'm as bad as the fans, believe me. If they only knew how I hate losing and what we go through to try to win.
believe clean fun good knows life loved nobody sing
Nobody who knows me would believe this, but I was always the life of the party. Oh, how I loved to sing and dance, and we had good times. Good clean fun it was, too.
bought business forever invest known nfl owner represents
My construction business represents 10 or 20 times what I'll ever invest in football. But from the moment I bought the Chargers, I would become forever known as the owner of that NFL franchise.
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I was on the field praising quarterback Dan Fouts during a ceremony to retire his number. Boos began shaking the stadium. It was a moment of misery like I'd never experienced before. Afterward, dejection hung over me for days.
alexander believe best great
I like to think I am the best there is at what I do, and so I have conquered the world like Alexander. But I don't believe I am the reincarnation of Alexander the Great.
school
We had to take off our shoes after school to save wear on the soles.
family success
My greatest success story has been my family.
concluded great lives studied success
I've studied the lives of the 20th century's great businessmen and concluded self-confidence was instrumental in all their success.
I'm a screamer and a yeller. When I want something, all I do is yell, and I get responses.
business family kids knows successful work worked
All my kids have worked in the family business. I've been successful at that. My family knows how to work. We all started working very young.
best build ethic hands learn work
The best way to learn is by doing. The only way to build a strong work ethic is getting your hands dirty.