Ted Leonsis Quotations

We have 20 first-round picks in camp and we will go through growing pains. But it will make the core team of prospects stronger and we won't change our strategy.

We can't score goals, we can't stop goals, we aren't hitting, we can't play on special teams... we all stink. We can try to improve but to do so we will need to make trades. And who would want our players that are underachieving?

There's never been a better time to be an NBA owner

It's Web, and then everything else. It's social media first, and everything else.

What I've learned so far from researching is that to win the Stanley Cup, you have to make the playoffs.

When you look at the last 20 years in the NBA, there have been seven teams that have won the NBA championship. Six of those seven teams drafted the number one or number two pick; their foundational people,

We look at the Web as being our basic power plant, kind of like electricity, so the Web and communicating in this fashion is second nature to us now. It's not like we go brochure, television, mail. It's Web, and then everything else. It's social media first, and everything else.

The more communities in which you are an active participant, the more likely it is that you'll be happy.

I know we have work to do. My goal is to get back to 10,000 or 12,000 season ticket holders in two to three years and to run the team as a break-even proposition, have fun and build a team that can compete for the long haul.

From an economic standpoint, the league is much healthier, so as you grow your revenues you can proportionately grow your payrolls. The business model has been right-sized. We are not stressed now about the economics. Now we have to go about reselling the game.