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01Undated

Anybody who dies with money in the bank is a failure.

Dan Gilbert / quote

02Undated

When we grew up, we wanted to do two things: to own a sports team and a casino.

Dan Gilbert / quote

03Undated

In today's world, social media, people get judged so much by the last thing that happened, I almost feel, in a way, young people get to see that not only is it OK to fail - that's the way you get to championship success, whether it's sports or business or life.

Dan Gilbert / quote

04Undated

When there were first rumors of us going after LeBron, some fans wondered how we could do that after all that happened. But after the 'Sports Illustrated' letter, every fan is thrilled to have him back. That was so heartfelt.

Dan Gilbert / quote

05Undated

From LeBron's standpoint, if a guy like Kyrie walks away - that creates doubt. But Kyrie committed right away, and that's a major statement about his faith in us.

Dan Gilbert / quote

06Undated

First thing I said to him was, 'LeBron, you know this is true. We had five good years and one bad night'. Like a marriage that's good, and then one bad thing happens, and you never talk to each other again.

Dan Gilbert / quote

07Undated

A lot of the problems in the mortgage world, people said, were because our competitors were evil. But a lot of it was a lack of technology - bad processes and systems.

Dan Gilbert / quote

08Undated

The first thing is to hang on to everybody who is talented, who is entrepreneurial, who wants to make an impact and a change and start attracting ones.

Dan Gilbert / quote