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I feel I have to play a role to help Jacksonville achieve big things, to achieve its potential. There is opportunity here, and sometimes it isn't always evident, but it's there.

It's not an easy thing to captive-breed a falcon. You need to take extreme care of its diet and exercise and keep it close to its natural environment. Whenever the birds take ill, I only use Ayurveda to cure them.

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The NFL is one of the few sports where it's possible to tear things down and start again.

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I feel I have to play a role to help Jacksonville achieve big things, to achieve its potential. There is opportunity here, and sometimes it isn't always evident, but it's there.

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Jacksonville has exceptionally good talent in the areas of modality activities.

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The concept of head coach simply means being hyperfocused on the pitch and team performance.

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I have no regrets about buying Fulham. Absolutely not. This is a perfect club for what we wanted to do. It's absolutely historic, small, and has just the perfect fan base.

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The great thing about the NFL is that you get into it for love, and you realise it is a fabulous business.

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As an engineer, I learned that a long time ago: you don't want to get into a rational discussion about irrational subjects.

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You can do anything you want to do. You have to work hard, you have to create your own luck, and you have to have some luck also.

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I can help as chairperson, and Fulham can help our NFL effort. Collectively, these synergies will help everybody.

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One good thing about being in business is you learn to compromise. And so you learn to strike a deal that maybe isn't what you were looking for but is better than what you've got.

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I almost felt like I knew London before the first time I went there.

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I think imagination is a crazy thing, and that's what makes the world go around.

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I would encourage someone to go to Brazil and try to do business there. BRIC countries get a lot of hype, but business there is brutal.

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When I got there, there were two sides: business and football. Business I understand. It was pretty obvious to me what we had to do. But the football side was like the Holy Grail.

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You go through life and learn valuable lessons.

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I've gotten to know them and love everything about the people of Jacksonville. There is an energy and a youth factor here that you don't typically associate with Florida. There's a real vitality. It's energizing.

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When you hire in business, you don't worry about marquee value.

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You have to take the time to live in a place to collect all the pieces, develop a vision. You can't just go to Home Depot and buy everything.

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Mohamed Al Fayed took Fulham from the second tier to where they are today.

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In the auto industry, I spent years perfecting processes. Now, the successes and failures don't get the kind of publicity obviously NFL football does.

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Whenever I was flying commercial, I would land in Chicago, and they would announce, 'Get your passports out.' It happened so often, I would walk to the front of the plane and say, 'You're looking for me. Just take me; it will be easier for everybody else.

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Discretion is a very valuable asset.

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Paul came to the Jaguars in 1994 and has loyally served the franchise in a variety of capacities, most recently holding the title of Senior Vice President of Football Operations and General Counsel.

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Sashi will assume the general counsel responsibilities formerly held by Paul Vance, who is leaving the franchise after 18 years of service.

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There are 320 million American dreams. Go get yours.

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Nobody cares about '60 Minutes.' Everybody cares about the Jaguars. Isn't that amazing?

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It doesn't matter how hard you work, there are forces that kind of prevent you from being the best you can be.

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I've said this before: a homeless guy in Detroit has more mojo than a millionaire in Jacksonville.

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You can't confuse safety with religion or national origin.

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Washing dishes gave me the sense of empowerment and feeling that I control my destiny.

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I can control my destiny; I control my life.

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Football is about as popular as it can be in the U.S. The upside, the expansion and growth lies overseas.

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I don't think it's any different if I'm in the U.S. or in London. I look at operations globally.

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You have to have commercial income so you can spend on players.

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I really believe in fate or destiny, and I believe the Jacksonville Jaguars were my destiny. I believe, when it's all said and done, it couldn't have worked out better for me... man, oh man, this was just perfect.

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