I'm not good at being static. I have to be climbing a mountain.

- Michael Ovitz

Football is the No. 1 sport in America.

- Michael Ovitz

It's not about money. The money will flow. It's about power and influence.

- Michael Ovitz

I learned my first lesson at the Walt Disney Company about not being able to trust my associates.

- Michael Ovitz

The unknown is always interesting.

- Michael Ovitz

A lot of drive is innate, self-perpetuated, reinforced energy. As a kid, I could always sell anything I could get my hands on - from newspapers to le…

- Michael Ovitz

The Internet is the greatest thing that ever happened to the entertainment industry.

- Michael Ovitz

When I get on a plane, I don't want a laid-back pilot. I want a pilot who is a control freak, who is paying attention to every single detail of his j…

- Michael Ovitz

Hollywood is a small, familial place. Everyone does business with everybody else. The same complications occur in investment banking.

- Michael Ovitz