James Dolan
James Dolan
James L. Dolanserves as CEO of Cablevision Systems Corporation and Executive Chairman of The Madison Square Garden Company...
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth11 May 1955
believe brain continue dead executing guys maybe people time
I can't say it to you any plainer than I've already said it. I'm not making a change, guys. We're going to continue on the strategy. I believe in the plan. I believe in the strategy. I believe in the guys that are executing it. Maybe some people think I'm brain dead because of that and the record. But you know what? Time will tell.
believe execute hard mistake painful strategy wrong
I know that's hard to take when it's 15-41, but to say it's a mistake now would be to say the strategy is wrong. And I don't believe the strategy is wrong. I believe the strategy is right. It's just more painful to execute than what we thought it was going to be. It would be wrong if we don't make progress.
serious sounds
Everybody's gossiping about it, but no one sounds serious about buying.
best cost deserve fans great issues market product quality willing
Sure, I'd like it to cost us less, but I'm not willing to give up on any quality issues on the team, ... New York's the best market in the league, the fans are great and they deserve to have the best product that we can put on the floor. We're going to keep doing it that way.
balance due felt hurt punch time
The punch that put me down from Simmons was due to me being off balance - he never hurt me at any time and I always felt in command.
call good strategy
The strategy didn't call for them to be this good this soon.
brian bringing diversion figure hope kids rangers relate somehow youth
It's all about youth and bringing up kids. I won't say it's impossible, but it would be a diversion from our strategy. I hope the Rangers somehow figure out a way to relate to Brian because he was such an important part of our history.
hard
It's not necessarily a mistake. I know that's hard to take when it's 15-41.
blame contending difficult guess job later looking magic people persevere rather record team time wave ways
There is no magic wand to wave over this team to make them a contending team. (Isiah) will persevere through the rather difficult time now and you will see that people will be lauding his job later on. Now, they're looking at the record and going 'boo.' I don't blame them. I guess in some ways it's to be expected.
ability execute faith
His ability to execute (the plan) is what makes me keep faith. It's the same thing that had me keep faith with Glen Sather.
develop four game hope job quarter san second watched
There is real hope that Eddy will develop into a league-leading center. If you watched the second quarter of the San Antonio game he was pretty good. That's Larry's job ... to get him from one quarter to four quarters.
achieve listen progress stick stop until
I always listen to the fans....I just don't necessarily do what they want me to do. I'm going to stick with it until we stop making progress or until we achieve our goal. One or the other.
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