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 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.
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Our proposal offers a substantial premium to Cablevision's public shareholders for the cable and telecom businesses, while enabling shareholders to benefit from unlocking the value of our premier programming, sports and entertainment properties.
maybe people time understand unhappy
Maybe some people think I'm brain-dead because of that, but time will tell. I understand people will be unhappy when you're going through this process.
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We continue to have full faith and confidence in the near and long-term prospects o the company and remain committed to the goal of providing value to all shareholders.
advanced fans point tough
That would be tough to swallow. But if it really advanced the strategy, then I would do it. But it has to do that. And they know it. I think what the fans need to look for that I would point to is: Look for progress.
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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.
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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.
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We can do this under the economics of our business that makes sense and get a return on our investment. And we don't need to burden the taxpayers of the city of New York or the state of New York with that request, and we're not going to.
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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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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.
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The strategy didn't call for them to be this good this soon.
assets believed company continued fully readily recognized reflected scarce stock value
This 'pure-play' company will be well positioned for continued growth. We have long believed the value of these scarce assets was not fully reflected in Cablevision's stock price, and will be more readily recognized in a stand-alone company.
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.
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He became more conscious, but was falling back into unconsciousness,