Arturo Moreno Quotes

103 Arturo Moreno Quotes (Arte Moreno, Los Angeles Angels, Anaheim Angels)

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Most people go through life afraid to try to accomplish something because they’re afraid someone will tell them ‘no’ or they’re going to fail… I’m not too afraid of being told ‘no’.
Arturo Moreno

I became very dangerous when I learned how to add.
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I tell people to put their goals on paper, because if you keep them in your head, they’re like little Ping-Pong balls bouncing around. You can’t keep them all in focus.
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Most of us are immigrants from someplace.
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It’s one thing to have the means to buy a baseball team, but more important, do you really respect the opportunity?
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If you’re in the entertainment business, you need to entertain.
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Leverage is the American way.
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I’m always trying to improve.
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I learned early on that if you just look at business simply and logically, you can become successful. It’s addition and subtraction…
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If your expenses are greater than your revenues, you lose money. If you can add and subtract, you’re very dangerous.
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You have to maintain focus.
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You have to set a goal, and then you have to be focused and disciplined.
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Service has probably been the number one key to my success…
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If you tell someone you’re going to be there at ten o’clock, you’re there at ten o’clock.
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[On being called ‘Mr Moreno.’] My name’s Arte!
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Losing makes me puke.
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The fans own the team. I’m the economic caretaker.
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I don’t dwell on the past. I’m very interested in the future.
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I’m a planner-plotter type.
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I might not be the fastest getting there, but I’m going to get there.
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Being a father is the most important job a male can have.
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[In 2005 on lowering the prices of things such as family-ticket packages, upper-deck seating, the price of premium draft beer and increased the baseball team payroll.] You have to invest in your product to get a return later.
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If the ball park is not a safe, affordable place, guess what – you as a fan, you as a customer are not coming back.
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I was certainly no Einstein.
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Even today, I consider graduating from college perhaps my greatest personal success.
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I love winning!
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[On Warren Buffett] I like the idea that the richest guy in the world can still walk out of a building carrying his own briefcase, smiling, saying, ‘Have a good day.’
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[On being the oldest of eleven children born and raised in Tuscon.] I’m the oldest and the boldest.
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My first commission check was $2.25. I should have saved it, but I needed the money.
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[On the billboard industry in 1999.] It’s a fun business, a people business. Lots of entertaining, going to ballgames or the theater.
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[On helping turn a pile of rocks into a Little League field of dreams for a Phoenix youth program.] To me, that was one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever done.
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Building a Little League field, that’s where these guys come from.
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Anybody cares when they are not accepted. I’m playing a game within the guidelines set up.
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I love to see the sun come up in the morning. It’s a new day. I don’t dwell on the past. I’m very interested in the future. I’m a planner-plotter type. I’m like three or four yards and a cloud of dust. I’m going to get there. I might not be the fastest getting there, but I’m going to get there.
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[On dining with President Bush] We talked baseball. He liked the signings. I wanted to talk about his trip to Iraq on Thanksgiving Day. It was emotional for me. I was in Vietnam and saw Bob Hope.
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[On having an article about Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban in the top drawer of his desk at Angel Stadium] I try to take little pieces from how others do their business. I’m always trying to improve.
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We had a big family, but my parents were always welcoming to anybody who came to our house. There were always a couple extra kids hanging around. My dad would say, ‘Who’s this one?’
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[In 2004] If I have a stadium 90% full of kids, then I’m a happy guy. Long term, for baseball to exist as I’ve known it, the kids have to come to the park.
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[On being innovative with ‘The Angels’ baseball team by putting customers first and yet running a great business.] One of the first nights, a working-class gentleman came up to me with his four boys, all with hats on, and he said, ‘I went into the store and got my boys four hats and it cost $28.’
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One the business side, I don’t feel challenged at all. I’m very comfortable.
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