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Robert Kraft

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first: 2023-10-12
most recent: 2023-10-12
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“You know, that's the one thing and why I would never sell this or do anything. As your family gets dispersed and everyone goes different places, it's the one thing I used to take my sons to the games. I used to get them out of religious school on Sundays without their mother's knowledge. And we come in and we tailgate here and spend the day here and get to know all our neighbors who sat in the seats around us. lasting memories.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Prayer is very spirituality prayer and giving thanks to the Almighty God and understanding how privileged we are and if we have our health and can pay our bills.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“When I got married, someone gave us a honeymoon gift of a trip to the Holy Land. I went there in 1963 when the country was 15 years old. And so I've watched the advancement. That was 60 years ago. The country's amazing. And I think what Israel has done technology-wise and the contributions it's made have been tremendous.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“We've had amazing support. Our family. And now, as committed Over $75 million to a Bank of America has committed $10 million. There are many families who have made seven figure gifts. I shouldn't say their names unless they give us permission. But we've touched a nerve. There's something going on in this country where people want to push back and are looking for a vehicle. And I think this little blue square, hope it goes viral and pushes back against all hatred and bigotry and let us preserve the American dream that I think both you and I have experienced.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“It's a blue square that we wanted to find something that symbolized pushing back against hatred. And that is a symbol of unity and solidarity against all kinds of hate. And I'm technologically incompetent. But even I could get this blue, this little emoji is on everybody's cell phone and iPad, and you can put it on every message, every email I send has this little blue square.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I think anti-Semitism is on the rise and it's very disturbing to me because it's symbolic of really it starts with anti-Semitism, then that hatred goes against every other minority community, whether it's the black community, the LGB, QT+, or The Asian community The Jewish people in this country represent a little over 2% of the population, but receive over 50% of the religious hate crimes. And there are many things going on in America today that remind me of what went on in Nazi Germany in the 30s. You know, it had book burning in Nazi Germany where they couldn't read Albert Einstein or Helen Keller or other kinds of books. This is America, the greatest country in the world, and those kinds of things shouldn't be going on.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Before I went out to buy the team from Orthwine in St. Louis, she said, what are you going to pay? And I said, well, the right number is $115. I might go to 120, 122. And when I came back and told her that I went to 172 She went nuts. And Orthwan's lawyer from St. Louis called me and said, we will offer you $75 million to let the lease expire and let us move. And he called me at home, and my wife heard that. She said, wait a minute, you paid $25 million for this. He's paying you $75 million. You'll still own the stadium. You'll get another team. And I said, no, I remember when I was a kid, my team, my baseball team was the Boston Braves. They played at BU Field. They moved and they never came back. And I was heart sick. And that's why it wasn't about the money. It was about the passion.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Was getting close to near the end of the lease, they wanted to move the team to St. Louis. I wouldn't let James Orthwine, who owned the team. He was part of the Budd family. Budweiser family. And they had a publicly financed stadium”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I see today that someone writes a check when they bought the team. Unfortunately for me, it was a much more complicated process. There were three steps. I had a, there were 200 acres of parking that was owned by one group, and I got that land under option in 85 that went to 95. And coincidentally, I bought the team in 94. So I was able to exercise the option. But that option on the land was for parking. 88, 89, the stadium went into bankruptcy because of the Michael Jackson tour. At that time, Victor Cayam owned the team. He bid $17 million for the stadium. I bid $25. The judge awarded it to us. When I bought the stadium in 88, it had a lease that went till 01 with an option. Covenant, which means the team could never move without our permission. And finally, in 94 Which”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“That emotional attaching there, we try to create a family environment in everything we're involved in. I've learned that people want to be part of something that's bigger than themselves.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I started on my own. Yeah, interest rates were favorable and I Bought half the company There was an opportunity to take over a paper mill up in Canada. I decided I wanted to do it. I offered my father-in-law half the company. He passed on it. And so... I did it, and 51 years later. We've developed that into an international company. We're in over 120 countries in the world. Number six in paper and packaging.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“My father in law had a couple box plants and he wanted me to join them and I didn't want to be, I want to go into business for myself. My father advised me since my wife at the time was the equivalent of an only child that I should do that and out of respect, which I did. I did it two years and I was going to leave and I was asked what I could do to stay. And I said, you know, I'd want to buy into the company. I didn't want to be working for other people, even if they were relatives. And so I was able to do a leverage buyout.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, I like to think I was an athlete. My favorite sport was football, but we observed the Sabbath. And unfortunately in high school, I couldn't play football because of that. But I was able to get a full academic scholarship to Columbia College. And I went there and played football there and just loved the game and realized how football in life is the greatest training ground for people in business or life or anything.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I always would talk to him, and he would take less money to play for the Patriots. And, you know, we have a salary cap. So I always assured him that whatever money I didn't pay him wasn't going into my pocket. It was going to other players who would be around him. And if we won those kind of trophies, he would be the biggest beneficiary for the rest of his life, which in fact has happened. And, you know, if the Patriots can't win a Super Bowl, I'm always rooting. If we're out of it, I'm rooting for Tom Brady. And after being with us for 20 years, we could have franchised him or done other things. I said to him, when he did his last contract two years before, That at year 20 he would decide whether he stayed with us or not. I think he had earned that right. And for his own personal reasons, he felt it was best to move on.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, that gentleman was a man by the name of Dick Raybine. In that draft, there were seven quarterbacks taken, I think, by the third or fourth round. And this man, Dick Rayburn. To Belichick, you know, Tom Brady's still there. He's tremendous value. But we have three quarterbacks. And then the fourth round came, the sixth round came. And the last pick of the sixth round, which is known as a compensatory pick, draft pick number 199, we wound up taking Tom Brady.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Think the advancement that has come with the medical support in the, I go back to where we were, this is our 30th season, pinch myself. But the medical advancement and looking to keep the game as healthy as possible. With the helmets, we even have an independent doctor who sits above, who can take any player out of the game or have him be tested. Because, you know, guys sometimes wouldn't want to go out because they don't want to lose their job. I really believe the medical and safety. Is better than it's ever been”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Unfortunately, except for Europe, we haven't really had the gameplay. Like we're going to Germany this year, and the stadium we're playing has 55 or 60,000 seats, and demand for tickets was 3 million within the first 24 hours. So the demand is there, and the appreciation of the game. And I think we're going to work to have the game appreciated more globally. And I think with gaming coming on, that people throughout the world, our sport has a 40 second delay between plays that prop betting and other kinds of gaming as we educate more internationally. That's where the marketplace really is open for us. But I don't think... Unfortunately, they'll be playing the game all over the world.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I don't think it's realistic, partly because to play the sport of soccer, all you need is a ball, really. You don't need equipment. You don't need anything but a net and a ball. Two-thirds of the world's population can actually play the game.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Well, I've been privileged to be chair of the media committee for the last couple of decades. Three years ago, we, three seasons ago, we were able to do seven to ten year contracts that exceeded 130 billion dollars. And that was tremendous because it gave us Great stability in the league where we could do a 10 year labor deal. We basically share 50-50 with the players the revenue. They have been able to grow and succeed with us. We know linear TV is really challenged now, and we've been doing things that we brought in to tech partners now who Amazon and Google or YouTube. I think we are developing our own NFL plus where we go direct to consumer. And I think we'll have some serious decisions to make down the road when we see what happens in the whole media environment.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“Never in my lifetime will we sell esteem. And I hope my children keep it going as well. It also builds community. It's a way to build bridges. You bring people of all background. I think back to when we were privileged to win our first Super Bowl three, four months after 9-11, and Boston, a city of 600,000 people, a million and a half people came out on the streets, very cold day, you know, black, white, Asian, gay, every background, all putting community and team first. And that's a privilege and an honor. So I look at this team as like a community asset, and I'm never going to sell it.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source
“I sat in the stands of the old Foxborough Stadium, and then when they came here, I sat in the stands here and dreamt about one day trying to buy this team and own it and run it the way I wanted. I said, if I could ever get this team, I just dream of having home playoff games and going to the Super Bowl and winning it.”
2023-10-12 · The David Rubenstein Show · Robert Kraft · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source