John W. Henry

“We know there is a very powerful fan base for Liverpool in Asia. We are not embarrassed to say we want to exploit that.”

“Markets are really people.”

“The Boston Globe's award-winning journalism as well as its rich history and tradition of excellence have established it as one of the most well-respected media companies in the country.”

“Choosing players in any sport is an imperfect science.”

“I do not have Sheikh in front of my name.”

“I have been driven by causes in almost every major endeavor in my life, beginning when I was a 16-year-old in Southern California where I wrote and published my own newspaper.”

“Boston had the first public library, Liverpool had the first lending library. Both cities have pioneered medical advancements during the decades and both have the largest economic powers in the world exactly 213 miles to the south by car.”

“I believe almost any sports fan would purchase a club, if they had the means.”

“I started John W. Henry & Company because I enjoyed applying mathematics to markets, and it was a profound challenge that resonated within me.”

“Manchester City seems to have unlimited spending restraint and are attempting to have all-star quality at each position - two deep. That will be hard to beat.”

“I had the good fortune to call George Steinbrenner both partner and friend.”

“The mandate of financial fair play in Europe is for clubs to live within their means.”

“I admire Arsenal very much, and part of that is that they are profitable.”

“George Steinbrenner forever changed baseball and hopefully someday we will see him honored in baseball's Hall of Fame as one of the great figures in the history of sports.”

“I'm a tough manager. I question almost every assumption in what are hopefully pragmatic ways. The more you question, the more you learn and the more the person you are questioning learns.”

“I invested in the 'Globe' because it is one of the best and most important news organizations in the world. We saw this vividly in the days and weeks after the tragic Boston Marathon bombings, and we also see it in many other ways every day.”

“To me, the word profitable means sustainable - able to sustain a business that has a high degree of excellence.”

“Football officiating is so subjective - much more subjective than any other sport. But the more I watch - and I watch too many matches - the more impressed I am with referees.”

“You can't win in any sport without heavily concentrating on revenue generation. You have to be relentless in that regard if you are going to be able to afford the kind of players you need to compete at the highest level.”

“The nature of markets, and that includes player acquisition markets, is such that sooner or later any set of successful formulae that provide an excess return above investment are discounted.”