Tom Benson
Tom Benson
Thomas Milton Bensonis the owner of the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth12 July 1927
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
I've had a lot of different companies. I've been in banking and automobiles and real estate and a lot of things.
handle life worse
In life, you're going to have a lot of problems. Everybody's got problems. Some is worse than others. Some is sickness. Some, like me, you've got problems that you don't like that come up. But you've got to handle them.
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The person who lets them get you down, any kind of problem, is the person that fades out. So you've got to be strong enough; you don't like it, but you've got to be strong enough to accept what's going on and that you're going to fight it or whatever it takes to overcome this matter. That's the way I feel.
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Football has very direct and strong connections to New Orleans. The game of football has served as a positive beacon in our city. It has given our citizens hope in tough, trying times.
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The only hope they got left is this football team. They need us.
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As we move forward together, the Saints look forward to serving as a leader in the rebuilding and revitalization of our great community.
played raiders weeks
A little over two weeks ago we were in California, and we just played the Raiders and we didn't know where we were going,
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This is the worst performance I've seen by them in the 20 years that I've owned them. They looked just like high school kids.
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I think the fact of what San Antonio did for us -- we had no other place to go where something like this was set up -- that's what made this happen.
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Jackson, since it represented Mississippi, it represented what we needed to do in getting the whole state of Mississippi ... to be in our corner.
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I think this is really outstanding in the fact that we're here today and we're coming backto help make this a greater city than it was ever before.
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I will not return to Baton Rouge for any reason, including any games scheduled for the end of this season or a contemplated next season. No person, much less the owner of NFL team, should have either he, his family or his friends subjected to this form of danger, intimidation and abuse. I was advised not to go but wanted to support the league.
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Our main concern is with the people of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast region who have experienced the recent tragedy. We are attempting to carry on in these difficult times and are looking out for the best interest of our coaches, staff, players and their families. My prayers are with each of those who have been adversely impacted.
behind charged defense guys personally played reap
They just got behind the Saints. I really personally feel like they're the ones who reap the credit. The defense played an outstanding game, but they had those guys charged up.