Abramovich Quotes & Sayings

Perhaps we could revisit the issue of World Cup Host selection for 2018/2022 as some countries feel, and we did say, they are more suitable. Russia was the only high risk location for 2018 and racial chanting is rife there but a Mr. R. Abramovich paid a significant fee to fund the voting proceedings and, not to be discriminatory, we would have to see the same thing from any England/Spain representatives wishing to have another vote. — Sepp Blatter

I have no Napoleonic dream. I'm just hard-working and pragmatic. — Roman Abramovich

I myself never make any notes. Usually, if I write something down, I can't read it afterwards. — Roman Abramovich

We'll only use as much category theory as is necessary. Famous last words ... — Roman Abramovich

To tell the truth I cannot call my childhood bad. In your childhood you can't compare things: one eats carrots, one eats candy, both taste good. As a child you cannot tell the difference. — Roman Abramovich

If Roman Abramovich helped me out in training we would be bottom of the league and if I had to work in his world of big business, we would be bankrupt! — Jose Mourinho

Manchester United and Liverpool have been bought with huge leverage, and we've got Roman Abramovich at Chelsea who can turn his loans into shares. It is really important for the Premier League to ask itself: if a club is being bought on such a mountain of debt, isn't that a possible recipe for disaster for the future? — Gordon Taylor

Investors have very short memories — Roman Abramovich

I love this game, I love this sport, I love this league. Why don't I get my own team? (English Premiership football club) — Roman Abramovich

But charity is a very complicated thing. It's important to find an area where you can really help and you can feel the results. Charity is not like feeding pigeons in the square. It is a process that requires professional management. — Roman Abramovich

Money plays an important role in football, but it is not the dominating factor. When Chelsea play a Carling Cup game in a small city, and it could result in a draw - the excitement, the spirit, the atmosphere - that's the real beauty of football in England. — Roman Abramovich

How are the germs made into a ring? By adding and multiplying. — Roman Abramovich

If I had to think where I could live if not Moscow, London would be my first choice and second would be New York. — Roman Abramovich

My feeling would be that you lose something of the beauty of the Premiership by joining something not defined at the moment. — Roman Abramovich

Our strategy [at Chelsea] is to bring up our own players through the academy, which we have invested a lot in, and hope it gives results — Roman Abramovich

The goal is to win. It's not about making money. I have many much less risky ways of making money than this (buying Chelsea football club). I don't want to throw my money away, but it's really about having fun and that means success and trophies. — Roman Abramovich

This is the second Old Master I have encountered that has the signatures of another artist forged over it. A painting that has been created by another artist entirely. It's like they played mix and match. — Dayna S. Rubin

One beautiful day, a radiant day, Mr Abramovich introduced himself to me and said I should put a shopping list together — Claudio Ranieri

I felt most beautiful on the red carpet in Givenchy's sheer lace dress at a dinner hosted by Givenchy in honor of Marina Abramovich at the closing of her Museum of Modern Art retrospective, 'The Artist is Present', in 2010. It was the first time I had been dressed for an event, and everybody just fell in love with the dress. — Joan Smalls

In my personal opinion, Russia is no less democratic than it used to be. It is a democratic country. It is democratic enough. — Roman Abramovich

I don't know if the police of naming statements would agree with this. — Roman Abramovich

In Moscow I feel most comfortable. I'm used to four different seasons; it's difficult for people in London to understand. People brought up in Russia like my kids want to play in the snow. — Roman Abramovich

We will be spending less in the transfer market in future years — Roman Abramovich

I'm realising my dream of owning a top football club. Some will doubt my motives, others will think I'm crazy. — Roman Abramovich