Roman Abramovich

People who know me said I will win one or two Premierships and will not be interested after that. The reality is that we’ve won two Premierships but I’m more excited about this particular season than last year or the year before. I am a fan of special nature. I’m getting excited before every single game. The trophy at the end is less important than the process itself.

I’ve never tried to impose pressure on the authority of the government through my business achievements. I cannot tell you what the others were doing.

I really don’t retain information – by the time I arrive wherever I’m going, I already forget what it is that I wanted to say.

In my personal opinion, Russia is no less democratic than it used to be. It is a democratic country. It is democratic enough.

It’s a new endeavour for me. I’ve never run a territory. I’ve never talked publicly to people. I’ve got to try it just to see whether I like it.

I myself never make any notes. Usually, if I write something down, I can’t read it afterwards.

I’ve been making deals all my life.

When you are in real estate, you are going to make some mistakes.

Salesmanship is limitless. Our very living is selling. We are all salespeople.

Every business is a monarchy with, not a man, but an idea as king.

I must have had a dozen jobs and I got fired from all of them.

It took only 10 minutes to do Chelsea deal with Roman Abramovich but I had to Google him first … I wasn’t sure if Jeremy Beadle was going to jump out.

Mark my word: A combination airplane and motor car is coming.

The secret of long life is double careers. One to about age sixty, then another for the next thirty years.

Clock watchers never seem to be having a good time.

The well-satisfied customer will bring the repeat sale that counts.

In business, cooperation is essential to success.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

Investors have very short memories.

I don’t know the rules of grammar. If you’re trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language, the language they use every day, the language in which they think. We try to write in the vernacular.

Change is vital, improvement the logical form of change.