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
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Some people like to play golf; I like to come to work.
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We haven't decided on the (location of the) playoffs yet, but that's where we're going to be, though. We'll get that one a little bit later. We've got time to work that one out. But after yesterday's game (a 23-20 Saints win at Carolina), our goal right now is to be in the playoffs. That's where we're going to be. Like LSU, they had one great game on Saturday. We had one great game on Sunday. And Louisiana now has to show the rest of the world that we've got two great football teams, all right.
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There is a lot of hard work for us ahead, but the spirit of rebuilding in New Orleans, we are wholeheartedly committed to making the Saints better than ever - that's on and off the field.
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Sean impressed me with his attention to detail, and his work ethic.
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I'm 85 years old. I've been in business since I was a teenager, practically; I was in grade school, and I even had a paper route. I always had a job so I could have money to spend on girls.
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You've got to enjoy every day and make the best of it and go forward.
Sometimes when you make mistakes, if you learn by your mistakes, by golly, that's when you can really go forward.
If you've got a coach that overlooks the problems, then you've got problems.
I've had a lot of different companies. I've been in banking and automobiles and real estate and a lot of things.
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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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Like LSU, they had one great game on Saturday. We had one great game on Sunday. And Louisiana now has to show the rest of the world that we've got two great football teams.
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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.