{"product_id":"ted-turner-speaks-insights-from-the-worlds-greatest-maverick-9780471345633","title":"Ted Turner Speaks: Insights from the World's Greatest Maverick","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Janet Lowe\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Wiley\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Wiley\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You can't win races without working harder than the other guy.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A blazing ball of contradictions and a genuine original, Ted Turner has been labeled a philanthropist and humanist, a fascist and a racist, a madman and one of the canniest entrepreneurs of all times. Hard-driving and hypercompetitive, he has amassed one of the world's largest personal fortunes, only to give much of it away to liberal causes, including $1 billion to the United Nations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As \"Terrible Ted\" has proven time and again, behind his outrageous public persona lies one of the most highly disciplined and creative business minds ever. Beginning with a family billboard advertising company, Turner forged a global media empire, and in the process revolutionized television broadcasting. He pioneered the Superstation concept and founded CNN-the first 24-hour, all-news network-along with more than a half-dozen cable channels. Starting with the Atlanta Braves baseball team, Turner also assembled one of today's most lucrative sports conglomerates. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ted Turner Speaks brings together hundreds of quotes drawn from a wide array of sources. Hear straight from the maverick's mouth the secrets of his phenomenal success in business, entertainment, and philanthropy. Here is just a sample of what you'll find inside: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Exposure to defeat is a very important thing. Anyone who doesn't look to get beaten is doing a disservice to himself. \" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I may look like a clown doing back flips at a baseball game, but I'm a very deadly serious person trying to accomplish things just for the satisfaction of accomplishing them.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I bet you're all wondering what it feels like to be a billionaire. It's disappointing really. . . . I've learned that great wealth isn't nearly as good as average sex.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I give [the networks] hell because they don't serve the public interest. They look at the viewer the same way a slaughterhouse looks at pigs and cattle. They sell them by the pound to the advertiser-the same way they sell ham hocks and spareribs.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"My desire to excel borders on the unhealthy.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The world listens when TED TURNER Speaks \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Losing is simply learning how to win.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The worst sin, the ultimate sin for me, in anything, is to be bored.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I just love it when people say I can't do something. There's nothing that makes me feel better, because all my life people have said I wasn't going to make it.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"When you're little, you have to do crazy things. You just can't copy the big guys. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To succeed you have to be innovative.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This book has not been prepared, approved, licensed, or endorsed by Ted Turner.","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45163151261847,"sku":"9780471345633","price":2029.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780471345633.webp?v=1767305891","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ted-turner-speaks-insights-from-the-worlds-greatest-maverick-9780471345633","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}