Jerry Colangelo
Jerry Colangelo
Jerry Colangelois an American businessman and sports executive who currently serves as an advisor to the Philadelphia 76ers. He formerly owned the Phoenix Suns of the NBA, the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA, the Arizona Sandsharks of the Continental Indoor Soccer League, the Arizona Rattlers of the Arena Football League and the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball. He was also instrumental in the relocation of the Winnipeg Jets of the NHL to Phoenix to become the Phoenix Coyotes. In...
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth20 November 1939
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When it came right down to it, I had to make a choice. This was the individual, it was the guy, right time, right place. It was the guy I wanted alongside of me to go forward.
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He is as tough mentally as any young guy I've seen, ... To accomplish all he has under the duress he experienced, I feel very confident.
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In my mind how it's been done in the past was a little bit ludicrous. Guys would receive letters. Agents would get calls. Is your guy interested? That's not where we are. We only want players who want to participate, and I have to look them in the eye to find out where they are.
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It's officially official in his case and I know he's excited about it. He's obviously one of the core guys you want because of his talent, his age, his maturity at a very young age.
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Mike is all about winning. He's the kind of guy I'd like getting into a foxhole with.
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Mike is all about winning, ... He's the kind of guy I'd like getting into a foxhole with.
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I was asked to stay on through the last collective-bargaining negotiations,
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I think Toronto is an ideal situation. There's good ownership. There's talent. There's cap room. He has the chance to be the architect of something special.
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Just as we sought to have continuity and commitment from coaches and players ... so was our commitment to having a home.
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Our pre-World Championship training plan is coming together nicely. We feel excited and fortunate to be able to have the USA Senior National Team conduct its domestic training for the next three summers in Las Vegas. We appreciate the efforts Las Vegas Events and the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority have made to make this happen.
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I think he's done a great job of positioning himself in terms of his persona and conduct. In representing his country, he can expand on that.
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I think Kobe Bryant is a player with enough moxie to go along with his talent that he'll adjust to whatever his role is. In fact, that's exactly what he said today.
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We need to change the perception of how the world looks at us as a country and a basketball power and we have to reclaim what we lost. It's a lot about how they look, how they act on and off the court. The only way to change the perception is to have people doing the right thing and that's the goal.
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We thought enough of him to give him a pass. By attending training camp, he'll still be a part of that team, and we're going to count on him big-time as we look forward to the Olympics.