Mick Cornett

We've seen the kind of social impact a professional sports team has on a city. A team brings high-profile role models into…

— Mick Cornett

If your city's being populated by highly educated twentysomething s with choices, you're probably going to succeed.

— Mick Cornett

It`s nice to get president candidates` attention to infrastructure need which is really a ticking time bomb in America. But as important…

— Mick Cornett

We need a better strategy for poor people...because what we're doing isn't working.

— Mick Cornett

The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars…

— Mick Cornett

Jobs follow people. People don't follow jobs.

— Mick Cornett

Cities have to realize that whatever the federal government is going to do, its not going to be enough. And cities that…

— Mick Cornett

We've got to get people out of their cars, out of those drive-thru windows, get them walking, get them in parks and…

— Mick Cornett

If you can attract highly educated people from other parts of the country and keep your own best and brightest, chances are…

— Mick Cornett

Think independently and put the country first.

— Mick Cornett

I'd rather we were rebuilding Philadelphia, as opposed to Kabul...There are American cities with serious infrastructure problems and we're not addressing them.

— Mick Cornett

I believe in infrastructure, I believe in investing in your hard assets. Where I think government starts to fail is when it…

— Mick Cornett

People look for their leadership to lead.

— Mick Cornett

We did such a great job of creating the interstate highway system in Oklahoma City that we don't have traffic congestion. You…

— Mick Cornett

We had a branding problem. We have allowed ourselves to be branded by our tragedies. If you said 'Oklahoma City,' chances are…

— Mick Cornett

When you have a lot of construction going on, it sends a message of vitality that builds up consumer confidence. It gets…

— Mick Cornett

Donald Trump is in a partisan election, so he views the role differently than Mitch Landrieu and I who are are trying…

— Mick Cornett

The spoiled superstar brat wouldn't get far in Oklahoma City. We're very value-conscious. Our city was settled in a land run. Those…

— Mick Cornett

I'm learning a lot about the culture of weight loss. I didn't know there were bloggers out there who were proud to…

— Mick Cornett

Any urbanist has to appreciate New York City and the way it works. The public transit is astonishing.

— Mick Cornett

People say the seats at sporting events are too small. My response is, 'That's why we're trying to work on the size…

— Mick Cornett

This urbanization that's taking place around the world is very real. But if it's people that are seeking an urbanized environment out…

— Mick Cornett

There are a lot of things that government doesn't do well. One of things that government does do well is build stuff.

— Mick Cornett

It is not OK for anyone to be obese. There needs to be a cultural shift.

— Mick Cornett

I've never seen a tornado and I've lived in Oklahoma City basically my whole life. It's not like we're infested with them…

— Mick Cornett