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title: "1 Alan Quotes By Mike Ashley"
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> [I didn't know Alan Pardew before football at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashley/i-didn-t-know-alan-pardew-before-football-at-all/)

[Mike Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57f/mike-ashley-14493_alan_i-didn-t-know-alan-pardew-before-footbal_2793995.jpg)

## Other authors on Alan

## More by Mike Ashley

> [It is very boring and lonely in Shirebrook. You know what we do after work? We go to the pub after work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashley/it-is-very-boring-and-lonely-in-shirebrook-you-know-what-we-do-after/)

[Mike Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashley/)

> [I'm not Father Christmas, I'm actually a very fair guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashley/i-m-not-father-christmas-i-m-actually-a-very-fair-guy/)

[Mike Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashley/)

> [I don't care what people say, it's very difficult to keep a player when they want to go. The age of slavery is dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashley/i-don-t-care-what-people-say-it-s-very-difficult-to-keep-a-player/)

[Mike Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashley/)

> [In Harrods you get some exceptional services.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashley/in-harrods-you-get-some-exceptional-services/)

[Mike Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashley/)

> [I take business decisions all day every day, from home, from the bath.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashley/i-take-business-decisions-all-day-every-day-from-home-from-the-bath/)

[Mike Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashley/)

> [Despite significant challenges within the retail sector in the UK and beyond, which have resulted in many retailers failing, Sports Direct has continued to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashley/despite-significant-challenges-within-the-retail-sector-in-the-uk-and/)

[Mike Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashley/)

> [I'm not sitting in my office stroking a white cat... I find it very frustrating: what benefit have I got of closing stores?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashley/i-m-not-sitting-in-my-office-stroking-a-white-cat-i-find-it-very/)

[Mike Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashley/)

> [I'm not a clicks man, I wasn't born in the clicks era. I'm a bricks man, I believe in bricks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashley/i-m-not-a-clicks-man-i-wasn-t-born-in-the-clicks-era-i-m-a-bricks-man/)

[Mike Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashley/)

> [I like to get drunk, I'm a power drinker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashley/i-like-to-get-drunk-i-m-a-power-drinker/)

[Mike Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashley/)

> [People will say 'how can you have a plane when your workers are on minimum wage?' I said 'but I don't set the minimum…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashley/people-will-say-how-can-you-have-a-plane-when-your-workers-are-on/)

[Mike Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashley/)

> [Kevin Keegan is an outstanding individual and also did his best. It wasn't always easy for Kevin at the football club. We didn't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashley/kevin-keegan-is-an-outstanding-individual-and-also-did-his-best-it/)

[Mike Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashley/)

> [I am wedded to Newcastle like Sports Direct. They've got me and I've got them. That's just the way it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashley/i-am-wedded-to-newcastle-like-sports-direct-they-ve-got-me-and-i-ve/)

[Mike Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashley/)

> [I'm not the thickest person on the planet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashley/i-m-not-the-thickest-person-on-the-planet/)

[Mike Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashley/)

> [“If rules make a framework for the mind to climb about in, why should the mind not climb right out?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashley/if-rules-make-a-framework-for-the-mind-to-climb-about-in-why-should/)

[Mike Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashley/)

> [We think the biggest and most important thing House of Fraser is missing is luxury brands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-ashley/we-think-the-biggest-and-most-important-thing-house-of-fraser-is/)

[Mike Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-ashley/)

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