Dave Checketts
Dave Checketts
David W. Checkettsis an American businessman, founder and chairman SCP Worldwide, sits on the board of JetBlue Airways, and was the owner of the soccer club Real Salt Lake...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
soccer sports auras
The aura of soccer is very different from other sports.
cheer character
Success builds character, failure reveals it.
ahead begin clearly cup fans goal move next possible season stanley toward ultimate
Next season we will move ahead and begin working toward the ultimate goal of a Stanley Cup championship. That's what I think is very possible and I want our fans clearly to know that.
alumni fact guys involved louis love
The fact that we have 44 to 50 alumni that still live here and still love St. Louis ... I want those guys involved with us, working for us.
pursuing
We're not pursuing any other opportunities. It's not on our radar.
clubs dodgers enormous handful history major markets
There are a handful of legacy clubs like the Dodgers in each league. They're in major markets and have a history of winning where, if you do things right, there's an enormous upside.
good ready three understand
We've got to get ready for that draft. It's real important. I want to understand what's done. If we have one of the first three picks, we could come away with a very good player.
traded work
When we traded him, I would say that was probably a lose-lose. It didn't work out well for anyone.
best
If ambition is the desire to be the best at what you do, then I'm guilty.
trying
I exist in a world that's pretty gruesome. All I can tell you is this: I'm trying to keep my balance.
league major passionate people presented simple
The people here are very passionate about sport if it's presented in the right way. They want to be major league and they want to win. Two very simple things.
call calls children
If my children call me during the day and leave a message, I return those calls first, not last.
building succeeded turning
I succeeded in turning a building into a business.
approach buy careful chemistry fans good knew louis name news owner rangers team understand work wrong york
The good news for St. Louis fans is I understand what we did right in New York with the Rangers, and I also understand what we did wrong. Where we started to go wrong with the Rangers is when we got away from a drafting, developing, being careful about a team chemistry approach with an owner that just wanted us to buy every big name in the business. That doesn't work in hockey. I knew it then, I especially know it now.