Mikhail Prokhorov Quotes

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

  Mikhail Prokhorov

  Doors, Splits, Lord

  "Prokhorov Isn’t Selling Team, Or Getting Married But Will Get Even With Kidd" by Spencer Lund, uproxx.com. November 4, 2014.

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• 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.

  Mikhail Prokhorov

  Magazines, Care, Ranking

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

  Mikhail Prokhorov

  Agency, Government, Makers

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• 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.

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  Responsibility, Parent, Blame

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

  Mikhail Prokhorov

  Jobs, Thinking

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• Nobody was interested in me before I bought the Nets.

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

  Mikhail Prokhorov

  Too Much Information, Filters, Use

  "Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov Doesn’t Have A Cell Phone". www.huffingtonpost.com. May 20, 2010.

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• Some people say the reason I am not married is that I don't understand small business and the toughest small business in the world is a family. But when you are happy and feel every minute of your life, what is the reason to get married?

  Mikhail Prokhorov

  People, World, Married

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

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  Sports, Joy, Three

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• You could have all the money in the world, but you have to be smart enough knowing how to spend it. I really try to be on that smart money side. Once you make a serious mistake you can suffer five or six years, and I do my best to avoid serious mistakes.

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  Smart, Mistake, Years

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• 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.

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  New York, Home, Energy

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• 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.

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  Teenager, Heart, Want

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

  Mikhail Prokhorov

  Mistake, Heart, Men

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• If you know how rich you are, you are not a billionaire.

  Mikhail Prokhorov

  Rich, Billionaire, Ifs

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• I've never lost my cool. Even in love affairs. If you have Plan B and Plan C, you are all the time relaxed.

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  Affair, Plan B, Lost

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• I work 12 to 14 hours a day, and in the spare time I do sport.

  Mikhail Prokhorov

  Sports, Hours, Spare Time

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• For some sport is a hobby but for me it is a way to survive. It makes me calm, balanced and well-rested. Not tired but vice versa. I think sport balances off my work load.

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  Sports, Tired, Thinking

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• My love affairs are just between my office and gym.

  Mikhail Prokhorov

  Office, Affair, Love Affair

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• There is only one way to go: up. I like to find cheap assets with problems. It gives me power.

  Mikhail Prokhorov

  Giving, Way, Problem

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• I don't understand small businesses, only big ones. Marriage is the hardest small business.

  Mikhail Prokhorov

  Small Business, Bigs, Hardest

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• The government in Russia does not tell me what to do with my assets.

  Mikhail Prokhorov

  Russia, Government, Doe

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• I learned from both my parents that you had to be clever.

  Mikhail Prokhorov

  Clever, Parent

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• I cannot do politics under someone else's control.

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• When MRMC vows that “We will turn Knicks fans into Nets fans,” I have to say, it’s not totally farfetched.

  Mikhail Prokhorov

  Fans, Turns, Knicks

  "The idiot’s guide to Russian Mark Cuban". Interview with Bill Simons, grantland.com. May 21, 2010.

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• I am addicted to sport. Without sport, I feel bad.

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  Sports, Feels

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