Quotes by Alan Sugar

About Alan Sugar:

Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar is an English business magnate, media personality, and political advisor. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2015, Sugar has joined the “billionaire’s club" with an estimated fortune of £1.04bn, and is ranked as the 101st richest person in the UK. In 2007, he sold his remaining interest in the consumer electronics company Amstrad, his largest and best-known business venture.
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There is a lot of luck in football. Following England is like following Wycombe Wanders or Leyton Orient. You hope for the best and hope you are lucky.

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I have always been an honest trader. I come from a school of traders where there was honour in the deal. No contracts, just a handshake and that's it, done. That's the way I prefer to do business but it's not always possible these days, sadly.

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Youngsters have got to stop thinking about becoming the next Zuckerberg. It's a trillion-to-one chance. What they need is mater and pater to say, 'Get a job, son.'

Alan Sugar

I did not come into football to make money. I had already made millions.

Alan Sugar

Money is all right but once you have it you learn it's not the be all and end all.

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If you lock me in the room with a piano teacher for a year I might be able to knock out a rendition of 'Roll Out The Barrel,' but will I ever be a concert pianist? No.

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You've got to admire Sir Richard Branson. He is a completely different style of businessman to me, but you have got to admire what he has achieved.

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I don't make enemies, it's just I'm not afraid to speak my mind, which can sometimes mean people don't like what I am saying.

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My mother was a housewife. My father was a garment worker.

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You can't stop people printing what they want to print.

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I don't like this young crudeness now which is supposed to be comedy on Friday nights.

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I like to be a very fair person.

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I am tired of hustling.

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My main regret about my years in football was keeping my mouth shut like a little mouse, not daring to speak out because I was told you left the managers to get on with the job and that the chairman must never interfere with the manager's decisions o...

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I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.

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There's too much of a culture that exists out there, what I call an expectancy culture, of things being provided.

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Not everybody needs to go to university; they can get out and start working straight away.

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I'm a commercial person, not an academic.

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Look, I'm a member of the House of Lords and I'm the first to admit that I don't understand how one gets new laws through.

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I came from a socially deprived background when I was 15, 16 years old, but one thing I knew was one - you don't abuse a policeman, and two - you don't steal things.

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Author Bio

  • NameAlan Sugar
  • DescriptionBritish business magnate, media personality, and political advisor
  • AliasesThe Lord Sugar; Alan Michael Sugar; Baron Sugar
  • BornMarch 24, 1947
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionEntrepreneur; Politician; Author; Autobiographer; Businessperson