I have no Napoleonic dream. I'm just hard-working and pragmatic. Roman Abramovich More Quotes by Roman Abramovich More Quotes From 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 success sports funny I'm realising my dream of owning a top football club. Some will doubt my motives, others will think I'm crazy. Roman Abramovich crazy dream football Investors have very short memories Roman Abramovich investing saving memories My feeling would be that you lose something of the beauty of the Premiership by joining something not defined at the moment. Roman Abramovich joining would-be feelings 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 childhood differences children How are the germs made into a ring? By adding and multiplying. Roman Abramovich germs made math The polynomial xn−1 is a force of nature. Roman Abramovich forces-of-nature force math 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 love football sports 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 russia personal-opinions country 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 strategy player giving 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 choices new-york thinking But charity is a very complicated thing. Its 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 charity squares important I myself never make any notes. Usually, if I write something down, I can't read it afterwards. Roman Abramovich notes ifs writing 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 russia play kids We will be spending less in the transfer market in future years. Roman Abramovich transfers spending years I don't know if the police of naming statements would agree with this. Roman Abramovich agree police math When I started to make more or less serious money - for those times - then, of course, I wanted to show everyone that life is different: it's a new kind of life; we are earning this money. We wanted to pay taxes and live honestly. Roman Abramovich live money serious life I live on a plane. I like to visit London. If I had to think where I could live if not Moscow, London would be my first choice, and second would be New York. 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 feel understand snow people It was impossible to operate in the aluminium business without krysha - very real physical protection. Roman Abramovich without business real impossible Our friendship was based on my payouts. That wasn't a friendship when - as, for example, it's me, my friends, we are friends for many years, and it doesn't matter for me what the position is, where they work; we simply are friends. And with Mr. Berezovsky, our friendship was based on my payoffs. Roman Abramovich me friends work friendship
