Franklin Johnson Quotations

Until we do our due diligence, no one knows, ... Once you get in there, who knows. If they're enthusiastic, they might want to go for more.

Mainly, I want to bring up their level of knowledge on the tournament in terms of history, facts and how it fits into other financial plans,

The Pacific Life Open is one of the world's most prestigious tennis tournaments with a significant profile in the U.S. sports landscape.

I think it's a major success story, especially when you think of the downside. Securing it is good news and I'm thrilled. It was amazingly difficult, much more than I imagined. There were some down times and I worried about it going first to Shanghai and then to Doha, but we had good people working hard to get the right result.

That was crucial. If they had not (struck a deal Wednesday), then (the tournament) would have gone away for sure, ... I think it was a very positive development and I'm very pleased it happened.

Whoever wins, I just hope they do the right thing.

To lose a major tournament, it's quite compelling,

We will broach the board a week from (today) and hopefully we'll get the go ahead with a proposal. Until we get through that, it's hard to anticipate, ... I'm going to try to get a sense of the board, but this could be tabled if a majority is opposed to it.

We moved down here to get away from big-city life,

This new initiative at the U.S. Open reinforces our outgoing commitment to recognize the talents of those competing in wheelchair tennis at the highest levels.

It's all open to negotiate until we can look at the tournament and what we can do to improve the profitability, ... So what our percentage (of ownership is) will all be determined.

It's hard to put it all in one basket because you want to let other people do other things,

Their historic performances at this tournament have helped make the U.S. Open one of the world's premier sporting events.

If you didn't see the signs, ... you might not know there was an election.