Money is not the thing that drives me. I like to develop assets to create value. No one cares how rich you are or what your ranking is in Forbes magazine.

I have three joys in my life: work, sport and food. All these come in one and do not make a hobby.

I work 12 to 14 hours a day, and in the spare time I do sport.

I cannot do politics under someone else's control.

Even before my parents died, I felt all the responsibility to my family. I don't know why. In any business, any relationship, if something goes wrong, I feel I am to blame. It's something inside me.

No one doing big business can avoid some contact with government agencies, regulators, and policy makers.

Nobody was interested in me before I bought the Nets.