No one doing big business can avoid some contact with government agencies, regulators, and policy makers.
Mikhail Prokhorov
Some people say the reason I am not married is that I don't understand small business and the toughest small business in the world is a family. But when you are happy and feel every minute of your life, what is the reason to get married?
Even before my parents died, I felt all the responsibility to my family. I don't know why. In any business, any relationship, if something goes wrong, I feel I am to blame. It's something inside me.
I cannot do politics under someone else's control.
I have no plans to have any other home than Moscow. However, I love to travel, and I'm very comfortable in New York. In many ways, it reminds me of Moscow in its energy and drive.
Sometimes, if I need assistance on the government level, I can appeal through official channels. For example, when I bought the New Jersey Nets, President Medvedev raised the issue with President Obama, who voiced support for the idea, which is always a nice thing to have going for us.
The government in Russia does not tell me what to do with my assets.
I am addicted to sport. Without sport, I feel bad.
Nobody was interested in me before I bought the Nets.
I learned from both my parents that you had to be clever.
