James Dolan Quotations

There is no magic wand to wave over this team to make them a contending team. (Isiah) will persevere through the rather difficult time now and you will see that people will be lauding his job later on. Now, they're looking at the record and going 'boo.' I don't blame them. I guess in some ways it's to be expected.

This 'pure-play' company will be well positioned for continued growth. We have long believed the value of these scarce assets was not fully reflected in Cablevision's stock price, and will be more readily recognized in a stand-alone company.

I can't say it to you any plainer than I've already said it. I'm not making a change, guys. We're going to continue on the strategy. I believe in the plan. I believe in the strategy. I believe in the guys that are executing it. Maybe some people think I'm brain dead because of that and the record. But you know what? Time will tell.

I always listen to the fans....I just don't necessarily do what they want me to do. I'm going to stick with it until we stop making progress or until we achieve our goal. One or the other.

We can do this under the economics of our business that makes sense and get a return on our investment. And we don't need to burden the taxpayers of the city of New York or the state of New York with that request, and we're not going to.

I think it's an affirmation that cable technology is the technology of the year 2000 and beyond,

Our proposal offers a substantial premium to Cablevision's public shareholders for the cable and telecom businesses, while enabling shareholders to benefit from unlocking the value of our premier programming, sports and entertainment properties.

Maybe some people think I'm brain-dead because of that, but time will tell. I understand people will be unhappy when you're going through this process.

That would be tough to swallow. But if it really advanced the strategy, then I would do it. But it has to do that. And they know it. I think what the fans need to look for that I would point to is: Look for progress.

We continue to have full faith and confidence in the near and long-term prospects o the company and remain committed to the goal of providing value to all shareholders.

There is real hope that Eddy will develop into a league-leading center. If you watched the second quarter of the San Antonio game he was pretty good. That's Larry's job ... to get him from one quarter to four quarters.

The punch that put me down from Simmons was due to me being off balance - he never hurt me at any time and I always felt in command.

The strategy didn't call for them to be this good this soon.

It's all about youth and bringing up kids. I won't say it's impossible, but it would be a diversion from our strategy. I hope the Rangers somehow figure out a way to relate to Brian because he was such an important part of our history.

It's not necessarily a mistake. I know that's hard to take when it's 15-41.

Everybody's gossiping about it, but no one sounds serious about buying.

Sure, I'd like it to cost us less, but I'm not willing to give up on any quality issues on the team, ... New York's the best market in the league, the fans are great and they deserve to have the best product that we can put on the floor. We're going to keep doing it that way.

I know that's hard to take when it's 15-41, but to say it's a mistake now would be to say the strategy is wrong. And I don't believe the strategy is wrong. I believe the strategy is right. It's just more painful to execute than what we thought it was going to be. It would be wrong if we don't make progress.

His ability to execute (the plan) is what makes me keep faith. It's the same thing that had me keep faith with Glen Sather.

I don't want to set a benchmark, but the great thing about sports and one thing I really like about basketball is, in the end, the truth comes out on the basketball floor, ... We shall see. I'll be right there with you guys watching the truth on the floor.

He became more conscious, but was falling back into unconsciousness,

The current thought is if we did a renovation, we would do it in the off-season. There would be a couple seasons where there'd be things hanging out (inside the arena). It would look like we were under construction, but we'd be able to play.