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John W. Henry
American
Businessman
Born:
Sep 13
,
1949
Almost
Any
Sports
Will
World
You
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Our goal in Liverpool is to create the kind of stability that the Red Sox enjoy. We are committed to building for the long term.
John W. Henry
Long
Building
Enjoy
Our
Kind
Red
Long-Term
Term
Red Sox
Goal
Stability
Committed
Sox
Create
Liverpool
I believe almost any sports fan would purchase a club, if they had the means.
John W. Henry
Sports
Club
Believe
Would
Purchase
Had
Almost
Sports Fan
Any
Fan
Means
In the digital world of today, one can say almost nothing is local.
John W. Henry
Today
World
Digital
Nothing
Local
Digital World
Say
Almost
Almost Nothing
Credit is probably more acceptable in American culture than elsewhere.
John W. Henry
Culture
Elsewhere
More
Acceptable
Than
American
American Culture
Credit
I started John W. Henry & Company because I enjoyed applying mathematics to markets, and it was a profound challenge that resonated within me.
John W. Henry
Mathematics
Me
Challenge
Markets
John
Because
Within
Company
Henry
Enjoyed
Profound
Started
Applying
I'm a tough manager. I question almost every assumption in what are hopefully pragmatic ways. The more you question, the more you learn and the more the person you are questioning learns.
John W. Henry
You
Tough
Every
Assumption
Ways
Hopefully
More
Almost
Learn
Pragmatic
Learns
Question
Questioning
Person
Manager
Manchester United has done an incredible job of building a young, talented, deep squad.
John W. Henry
Job
Building
Young
Incredible
Talented
Squad
Done
Manchester
Manchester United
Deep
United
Manchester City seems to have unlimited spending restraint and are attempting to have all-star quality at each position - two deep. That will be hard to beat.
John W. Henry
Quality
Will
Spending
Unlimited
City
All-Star
Restraint
Seems
Beat
Attempting
Manchester
Hard
Deep
Each
Two
Position
Football officiating is so subjective - much more subjective than any other sport. But the more I watch - and I watch too many matches - the more impressed I am with referees.
John W. Henry
Too
Other
More
Football
Sport
Matches
Am
Subjective
Impressed
Than
Any
Much
Many
Watch
The nature of markets, and that includes player acquisition markets, is such that sooner or later any set of successful formulae that provide an excess return above investment are discounted.
John W. Henry
Nature
Later
Markets
Above
Excess
Investment
Sooner
Sooner Or Later
Return
Provide
Any
Acquisition
Successful
Player
Set
Choosing players in any sport is an imperfect science.
John W. Henry
Science
Imperfect
Sport
Any
Choosing
Players
The fact is, LFC is going to require substantial investment, as did the Red Sox.
John W. Henry
Fact
Investment
Red
Red Sox
Did
Going
Sox
Substantial
Require
LFC is not servicing debt other than stadium debt.
John W. Henry
Other
Debt
Than
Stadium
Servicing
I admire Arsenal very much, and part of that is that they are profitable.
John W. Henry
Admire
Part
Arsenal
Very
Much
Profitable
To me, the word profitable means sustainable - able to sustain a business that has a high degree of excellence.
John W. Henry
Me
Business
Word
Degree
High
Able
Excellence
Sustain
Sustainable
Means
Profitable
There was a lot of criticism in Boston that we weren't going to spend money on the Red Sox after we did the Liverpool transaction. Then there was the fear we wouldn't spend in Liverpool. Hopefully the fans of both clubs will eventually see what we see clearly - that there is nothing to fear from the existence of the other club.
John W. Henry
Money
Fear
Fans
Will
Criticism
Club
Nothing
Other
Spend
Hopefully
See
Boston
Both
Red
Clearly
Red Sox
Were
Existence
Lot
Did
Going
Sox
Transaction
After
Clubs
Then
Eventually
Liverpool
I do not think any thinking individual buys a sports franchise, or an English football club, to make money.
John W. Henry
Sports
Money
Club
Think
Thinking
Franchise
Individual
Football
Make
Any
English
English Football
Buys
We know there is a very powerful fan base for Liverpool in Asia. We are not embarrassed to say we want to exploit that.
John W. Henry
Say
Embarrassed
Powerful
Know
Very
Want
Fan
Fan Base
Asia
Exploit
Base
Liverpool
I do not have Sheikh in front of my name.
John W. Henry
Name
Front
You cannot stick with the same media strategy forever any more than you can stick with the same football tactics forever.
John W. Henry
You
Strategy
More
Tactics
Football
Stick
Forever
Than
Same
Any
Cannot
Media
Boston had the first public library, Liverpool had the first lending library. Both cities have pioneered medical advancements during the decades and both have the largest economic powers in the world exactly 213 miles to the south by car.
John W. Henry
Library
World
Car
First
Cities
Exactly
Boston
Both
Economic
Had
Powers
South
Decades
Lending
Public
Public Library
Miles
Liverpool
Medical
Largest
The Boston Globe's award-winning journalism as well as its rich history and tradition of excellence have established it as one of the most well-respected media companies in the country.
John W. Henry
History
Country
Rich
Boston
Excellence
Journalism
Most
Well
Globe
Tradition
Established
Companies
Media
Truth is, I prefer to think that I have joined the 'Globe,' not purchased it, because great institutions, public and private, have stewards, not owners.
John W. Henry
Truth
Great
Truth Is
Think
Purchased
Joined
Institutions
Globe
Stewards
Because
Private
Owners
Public
Prefer
I invested in the 'Globe' because it is one of the best and most important news organizations in the world. We saw this vividly in the days and weeks after the tragic Boston Marathon bombings, and we also see it in many other ways every day.
John W. Henry
Best
Day
News
Every Day
World
Important
Every
Other
Saw
Ways
See
Vividly
Boston
Invested
Weeks
Days
Most
Also
Globe
Because
Tragic
After
Organizations
Many
Marathon
I have been driven by causes in almost every major endeavor in my life, beginning when I was a 16-year-old in Southern California where I wrote and published my own newspaper.
John W. Henry
Life
My Life
Beginning
Endeavor
Own
Every
My Own
Driven
Almost
Major
Wrote
California
Causes
Been
Southern
Southern California
Where
Newspaper
Published
Back when I was an idealistic 18-year-old on my way to Chicago, I might have believed that being on the side of virtue would guarantee a good outcome. These many years later, I know better.
John W. Henry
Good
Better
Side
Back
Virtue
Later
Way
Would
Outcome
Idealistic
Know
Years
Chicago
Being
Might
Many
Believed
Guarantee
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