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Alex Spanos [1923-0] American

Rank: 106
Businessman, Real estate development

Alexander Gus Spanos is an American real estate developer and self-made billionaire who founded the A. G. Spanos Companies and is the majority owner of the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League.

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We had to take off our shoes after school to save wear on the soles.		101
I've studied the lives of the 20th century's great businessmen and concluded self-confidence was instrumental in all their success.		102
Nobody who knows me would believe this, but I was always the life of the party. Oh, how I loved to sing and dance, and we had good times. Good clean fun it was, too.		103
I like to think I am the best there is at what I do, and so I have conquered the world like Alexander. But I don't believe I am the reincarnation of Alexander the Great.		104
My construction business represents 10 or 20 times what I'll ever invest in football. But from the moment I bought the Chargers, I would become forever known as the owner of that NFL franchise.		105
I was on the field praising quarterback Dan Fouts during a ceremony to retire his number. Boos began shaking the stadium. It was a moment of misery like I'd never experienced before. Afterward, dejection hung over me for days.		106
I'm a screamer and a yeller. When I want something, all I do is yell, and I get responses.		107
When you're winning, you're a hero. When you're losing, you're a bum... I'm as bad as the fans, believe me. If they only knew how I hate losing and what we go through to try to win.		108
The best way to learn is by doing. The only way to build a strong work ethic is getting your hands dirty.		109
All my kids have worked in the family business. I've been successful at that. My family knows how to work. We all started working very young.		110
My great frustration is that, more and more, my memories come and go, and friends all my life are not recognized. Many of the things I say and do, I can no longer remember even right afterwards.		111
My greatest success story has been my family.		112

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