22 Quotes by James Dolan

There is no magic wand to wave over this team to make them a contending team. (Isiah) will persevere through the rather difficult time now and you will see that people will be lauding his job later on. Now, they're looking at the record and going 'boo.' I don't blame them. I guess in some ways it's to be expected.

This 'pure-play' company will be well positioned for continued growth. We have long believed the value of these scarce assets was not fully reflected in Cablevision's stock price, and will be more readily recognized in a stand-alone company.

I can't say it to you any plainer than I've already said it. I'm not making a change, guys. We're going to continue on the strategy. I believe in the plan. I believe in the strategy. I believe in the guys that are executing it. Maybe some people think I'm brain dead because of that and the record. But you know what? Time will tell.

I always listen to the fans....I just don't necessarily do what they want me to do. I'm going to stick with it until we stop making progress or until we achieve our goal. One or the other.

We can do this under the economics of our business that makes sense and get a return on our investment. And we don't need to burden the taxpayers of the city of New York or the state of New York with that request, and we're not going to.

I think it's an affirmation that cable technology is the technology of the year 2000 and beyond,

Our proposal offers a substantial premium to Cablevision's public shareholders for the cable and telecom businesses, while enabling shareholders to benefit from unlocking the value of our premier programming, sports and entertainment properties.

Maybe some people think I'm brain-dead because of that, but time will tell. I understand people will be unhappy when you're going through this process.

That would be tough to swallow. But if it really advanced the strategy, then I would do it. But it has to do that. And they know it. I think what the fans need to look for that I would point to is: Look for progress.