"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."
"When I think of how special Anfield is and how special Liverpool is, everywhere around the world everyone is talking about Liverpool, it is because of the fan base."
"Markets are really people."
"If you make a certain type of statement, you can make a pretty good prediction of how George Steinbrenner will react."
"I believe almost any sports fan would purchase a club, if they had the means."
"In the digital world of today, one can say almost nothing is local."
"But NESV has always had debt from the first day we purchased the Red Sox. We have some partners who look at Internal Rate of Return (IRR) and almost demand that we have debt as a consequence."
"Credit is probably more acceptable in American culture than elsewhere."
"I don't read fiction."
"I started John W. Henry & Company because I enjoyed applying mathematics to markets, and it was a profound challenge that resonated within me."
"You can't win in any sport without heavily concentrating on revenue generation. You have to be relentless in that regard if you are going to be able to afford the kind of players you need to compete at the highest level."
"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."
"Manchester United has done an incredible job of building a young, talented, deep squad."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"Choosing players in any sport is an imperfect science."
"The fact is, LFC is going to require substantial investment, as did the Red Sox."
"LFC is not servicing debt other than stadium debt."
"I admire Arsenal very much, and part of that is that they are profitable."
"To me, the word profitable means sustainable - able to sustain a business that has a high degree of excellence."
"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."
"If you build a 70,000-seat stadium it will cost much more than double to build than a 35,000-seater. The higher the seat the more expensive it is to construct."
"The mandate of financial fair play in Europe is for clubs to live within their means."
"I do not think any thinking individual buys a sports franchise, or an English football club, to make money."
