Quotes from Paul Allen

I think it's pretty unique to see a coach adjust to the talent he has and maximize the abilities of players he has and help them keep growing.

Once you own a team for as many years as I have, and you root for that team for that period of time, you've got rooting for the Blazers in your blood, and the Sonics are one of our arch-competitors.

I'm trying to show people that they can activate their own passions and find their own path.

Long periods can pass between the times you play for a championship, so you have to savor those moments.

You could tell three things about Bill Gates pretty quickly. He was really smart. He was really competitive; he wanted to show you how smart he was. And he was really, really persistent.

Blame me for having to type the backslash in DOS.

I've lived in Boston.

Human beings are fragile things, and for the period of time it takes to get them to Mars and back, you have dangerous radiation from the sun and the galaxy. We have to think about issues like that.

The intensity of the Super Bowl is one-of-a-kind. An NBA finals is best-of-seven. But the Super Bowl, one game, winner-take-all. The intensity is off the charts.

The thing is, once you're in the Super Bowl, you want to win. As time goes on, you want to win more and more.

Anybody doing philanthropy has to find something that appeals to them from their own personal background or from intellectual curiosity.

I really do care about the health of the players. That's one of the tough things about the NFL - it's so physically tough on the players.

Everyone's dream is to take a pill - take a pill every day so you won't have Alzheimer's.

I spent many, many hours in the stack at the University of Washington library just wandering around, when my dad was working, as a kid.

In global warming, I think everyone is scratching their heads - are there technological things that can be brought to bear that can make a difference?

It's very challenging to carve back market share.

My high school in Seattle, Lakeside, seemed conservative on the surface, but it was educationally progressive.

When it comes to helping out, I don't believe in doing it for the media attention. My goal is to support the organizations that need help.

The possible is constantly being redefined, and I care deeply about helping humanity move forward.

Some of my first memories are waiting for my father to finish his day at work in the University of Washington library and come out and jump in the car with my mom and myself, and we'd be sitting there reading books, and then we'd go home.

I choose optimism. I hope to be a catalyst not only by providing financial resources but also by fostering a sense of possibility: encouraging top experts to collaborate across disciplines, challenge conventional thinking, and figure out ways to overcome some of the world's hardest problems.

The NFL, as compared to the NBA, it's so physical and so emotional almost every play.

I first got interested in the brain through computers.

One of the things I've come to appreciate about the brain is the importance of location. It's not just a set of interchangeable parts that you can swap in and out.