Mark Allen, Interested Person

Interview with Ted Turner

• CNN: ... [The book describes your] getting stuck on a sandbar, getting caught in a storm, almost dying off the coast of Cape Hatteras. ... How did you go from being a sailor that got stuck on the reef and almost died to somebody who managed to win the America's Cup on the Courageous?.
• Turner: Well, the same way in baseball, [the Atlanta Braves] set a record for consecutive last-place finishes in divisional play in baseball. First four years, we finished last, four years in a row. But I stuck with it and after 18 years, we won the World Series. And that's what I did with sailing.
• CNN: Just stick to it?
• Turner: Yeah. [I] stuck to it. And I wasn't losing -- I was just learning how to win.
• ME: I don't care if it sounds cheesy. I absolutely love that last comment!
• http: //www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/11/11/turner.qanda/index.html