Quotes by Robert Kraft

“I know what I don’t know, ... I hire competent people and let them make decisions. In Bill’s case, he was someone who I’d gotten to know as one of the smartest people I’d ever met.”

“We now have 32 owners, and everyone has their own agenda. We have to be careful that we keep a sense of tradition balanced with ... adaptation to the times were in.”

“You see athletes in all sports in todays arena who have accomplished what Toms accomplished and they can really be unreasonable,”

“ Kraft said in a statement. At that point, I decided to give him the ring.”

“Are you going to the game?”

“I think when you spend up to $10 million, thats real money,”

“I think whats happening in Los Angeles is good, and the league very much wants to be there. I know since Ive come into the league weve been talking about re-emerging in L.A., and I think this is the beginning of getting a team placed there.”

“No, hes not going to play.”

“His sense of equity and fairness would be very helpful now.”

“Its complicated, and there are some parochially minded people we may have to convince, but I just think our needs have to be made secondary to this. Every crisis is an opportunity, if managed properly.”

A lot of people have their big dreams and get knocked down and dont have things go their way. And you never give up hope, and you really just hold on to it. Hard work and perserverance. You just keep getting up and getting up, and then you get that breakthrough.

Anyone who starts piercing the bubble of happiness, get em out of your life.

One of my beliefs about leadership is its not how many followers you have, but how many people you have with different opinions that you can bring together and try to be a good listener.

Leadership is about having the courage to go against the advice of the so-called experts and doing what your instinct tells you is right.

Leadership is about stepping up when its the appropriate time and then making sure everyone knows that were all on the same page.

Envy and jealousy are incurable diseases.

When you do well, everybodys after you, and sometimes the motives are legitimate, and sometimes its envy and jealousy.

Loyalty and friendship trumps politics for me.