Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Jack Kent Cooke

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian businessman Jack Kent Cooke.
Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Jack Kent Cooke

Jack Kent Cooke was a Canadian-American businessman in broadcasting and professional sports. Starting in sales, Cooke was very successful, eventually becoming a partner in a network of radio stations and newspapers in Canada. After failing at starting a major league baseball team in Toronto and being turned down to own a television station in Toronto, Cooke moved to the United States and built a business empire in broadcasting and professional sports franchises. Cooke was the owner of the Washington Redskins (NFL), the Los Angeles Lakers (NBA), the Los Angeles Kings (NHL), the Los Angeles Wolves and Toronto Maple Leafs (IL). He also developed The Forum in Inglewood, California, and FedExField near Landover, Maryland.

I have spoken to many, many Indian chiefs who say they have no objection whatsoever to the nickname.
Nobody's going to write a book about me, because nobody's going to find anything worth writing a book about.
I don't intend to die. — © Jack Kent Cooke
I don't intend to die.
Sports are one of the main cultural activities on the face of the earth.
I've always had a will to succeed, to win, however you phrase it.
The name of the Redskins will remain the Redskins.
Having this interest here in the Redskins is the chief hobby of my life.
As long as I own this football team and long after I'm gone, they will always be the Washington Redskins.
This is the best day in the history of the world, even though yesterday that seemed an impossibility.
Destiny demands you do better than your supposed best.
I am the trustee for the best bloody fans on the face of the earth.
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