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If you're a sponsor, and you're doing business globally, to bring your guests to South Florida is pretty nice.
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Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday.
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If you want to accomplish twice as much, you have to work twice as hard.
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I busted my butt all my life building companies.
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By the time I got involved, Blockbuster had already worked out some of the kinks.
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I enjoy building more than managing.
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I sold Blockbuster because I saw what was coming: the satellite dish, technology that would make the business obsolete in a few years. Why would people go to a store for a video and then have to return it when they had a dish?
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I don't see myself ever selling Republic or AutoNation.
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To me, my business is my life.
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If you just keep your head down, work, and put it on the bottom line, sooner or later that takes care of everything else.
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Some people dream of success, while other people get up every morning and make it happen.
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You always hear about delegation, but people make the mistake of delegating and not following up. I give authority, but I stay in touch. Otherwise it doesn't work.
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Dolphins games always have been among the most popular NFL telecasts in England.
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I liked being CEO of Blockbuster, but my job is to put it on the bottom line for shareholders.
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We had a saying at Blockbuster: 'If you don't come in on Saturday, don't bother coming in on Sunday.' We worked hard.
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Prayer is the most important thing that I do.
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I enjoy building something good and having a successful product and making money.
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A deal is like chasing a girl. You work on it until she says, 'Yes,' for a date.
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Surround yourself with great people. People are what make businesses prosper.
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Dolphins football has been a lifetime passion for me.
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You don't make any money sitting in traffic.
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I don't buy cars I can't drive.
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I don't see myself as a personality. I'm just another little guy.
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Part of this country's problem is that people from New York City - Wall Streeters - don't think about the little guy who can't afford things.