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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.
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I've studied the lives of the 20th century's great businessmen and concluded self-confidence was instrumental in all their success.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I'm a screamer and a yeller. When I want something, all I do is yell, and I get responses.
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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.
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The best way to learn is by doing. The only way to build a strong work ethic is getting your hands dirty.
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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.
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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.
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My greatest success story has been my family.
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