It is very boring and lonely in Shirebrook. You know what we do after work? We go to the pub after work. — Mike Ashley Boring Copy Share Image
I don't care what people say, it's very difficult to keep a player when they want to go. The age of slavery… — Mike Ashley Age Copy Share Image
I take business decisions all day every day, from home, from the bath. — Mike Ashley Bath Copy Share Image
Despite significant challenges within the retail sector in the UK and beyond, which have resulted in many retailers failing, Sports Direct has… — Mike Ashley Beyond Copy Share Image
I'm not sitting in my office stroking a white cat... I find it very frustrating: what benefit have I got of closing… — Mike Ashley Cat Copy Share Image
I'm not a clicks man, I wasn't born in the clicks era. I'm a bricks man, I believe in bricks. — Mike Ashley Believe Copy Share Image
People will say 'how can you have a plane when your workers are on minimum wage?' I said 'but I don't set… — Mike Ashley Government Copy Share Image
Kevin Keegan is an outstanding individual and also did his best. It wasn't always easy for Kevin at the football club. We… — Mike Ashley Best Copy Share Image
I am wedded to Newcastle like Sports Direct. They've got me and I've got them. That's just the way it is. — Mike Ashley I am Copy Share Image
“If rules make a framework for the mind to climb about in, why should the mind not climb right out?” — Mike Ashley Fantasy Copy Share Image
We think the biggest and most important thing House of Fraser is missing is luxury brands. — Mike Ashley House Copy Share Image
On a scale out of five, with one being very bad and five being very good, House of Fraser is a one. — Mike Ashley Bad Copy Share Image
It's one of the amazing things about owning a football club, the way you get caught up. It's like someone has put… — Mike Ashley Amazing Copy Share Image
What we would like to do is introduce a 'concierge click and collect' at House of Fraser. When you go online and… — Mike Ashley Book Copy Share Image
Sports Direct should come with a government health warning - this stock is not for the fainthearted. — Mike Ashley Come Copy Share Image
The media circus surrounding Sports Direct... only proves that whatever progress Sports Direct makes, it will always be subject to disproportionate scrutiny… — Mike Ashley Circus Copy Share Image
Alan Shearer came in at a time when he was one of the only people on this planet who could have kept… — Mike Ashley Everything Copy Share Image
Sports Direct is on course to become the 'Selfridges of sport' by migrating to a new generation of stores. — Mike Ashley Become Copy Share Image
What person could keep 59 stores open - beside God? It's impossible, it can't be done. — Mike Ashley Done Copy Share Image
I periodically lose my phone, damage my phone, have my phone stolen - what ever happens to mobile phones happens to me. — Mike Ashley Happens Copy Share Image