No one doing big business can avoid some contact with government agencies, regulators, and policy makers.

Don't let the door hit you where the good Lord split you.

Money is not the thing that drives me. I like to develop assets to create value. No one cares how rich you are or what your ranking is in Forbes magazine.

Even before my parents died, I felt all the responsibility to my family. I don't know why. In any business, any relationship, if something goes wrong, I feel I am to blame. It's something inside me.

I think women make the same mistake with me all the time. The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.

I never count my money. I think that's your job.

Nobody was interested in me before I bought the Nets.

I have no plans to have any other home than Moscow. However, I love to travel, and I'm very comfortable in New York. In many ways, it reminds me of Moscow in its energy and drive.

Frankly speaking, I like women. In my heart, I am still teenager. And I am very open and I don't want to hide this.

I don’t use a computer. We have too much information and it’s really impossible to filter it.

I have three joys in my life: work, sport and food. All these come in one and do not make a hobby.

So if animals aren't our friends, then what are they? The answer can be summed up between two buns.

I'm never quite cool, if you know what I mean. I'm basically the worst, best superhero.

Men grow when inspired by a high purpose, when contemplating vast horizons. The sacrifice of oneself is not very difficult for one burning with the passion for a great adventure.

I'm not a master of films. I'm rather a slave.

A true teacher would never tell you what to do. But he would give you the knowledge with which you could decide what would be best for you to do.

It's important to learn the right lessons from the past.

Art is obsolete now. New technologies are taking over.

Every now and then, you get people who tend to forget what this country is about, which is a melting pot of races and cultures and freedom of speech.

Home is not just the place where you happen to be born. Its the place where you become yourself.

We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures, we are the sum of the Father's love for us and our real capacity to become the image of His Son Jesus.