Randy Lerner Quotes

Randy Lerner — American Businessman born on February 21, 1962,

Randolph David "Randy" Lerner is an American entrepreneur and sports team owner. He was the majority owner of the American football team, the Cleveland Browns, of the National Football League upon the death of his father Alfred "Al" Lerner in October 2002, until August 2012, and was the chairman of Aston Villa Football Club of the Premier League from 2006 to 2014. His personal fortune was estimated at GBP over 1.1 billion... (wikipedia)

Winning supporters over can only really be achieved by what you do, not what you say. It's no use just smiling and shaking hands and getting quoted with witty one-liners.

While being in the right seat at the right game might create short-term reassurance, I can't get over the idea that really what people feel is that their club is being run by a group of guys who know the history, study the heritage and view Villa as a proud Victorian club in its third century.

We have to invest in developing Villa Park, allowing us to generate our own revenue streams. At the same time, of course, there's a balance between growing long-term and getting the instant results we all crave as fans.

Winning our fans' approval will come from all of us doing the right things for the right reasons, me included.

If you're going to give people authority and hold them responsible and ultimately accountable for their performance, you've got to get out of the way.

Randy Lerner Quotes

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