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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As we move forward together, the Saints look forward to serving as a leader in the rebuilding and revitalization of our great community.
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We intend to present a first-class football team ... all the way to the Super Bowl.
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Us winning football games is going to mean more to the Gulf South relief effort more than money or anything else can do, ... The one thing they have got is the Saints winning football games.
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Tom Benson & X FEMA Director Inside. No Open.
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We drafted Terrell Owens in the first round ... YOU hammer out his extension.
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The only hope they got left is this football team. They need us.
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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 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.
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.
I've had a lot of different companies. I've been in banking and automobiles and real estate and a lot of things.
If you've got a coach that overlooks the problems, then you've got problems.
people work
Some people like to play golf; I like to come to work.
Sometimes when you make mistakes, if you learn by your mistakes, by golly, that's when you can really go forward.
best
You've got to enjoy every day and make the best of it and go forward.