City Pages: How is owning the Timberwolves different from your other businesses, and how is it the same? CP：经营灰狼这支球队，跟你其他的企业比起来，有什麽相同或不同之处呢？ Glen Taylor: What I think is different—in my experience owning the Timberwolves, I see it as being like the time that I spent in the Legislature, though that wasn't "business" in one sense. It's so very public. And everything that you do is known by everyone. I think in politics I did a pretty good job of being realistic and saying, well, this is really what happened, this is why I did this and that. I have found in politics that just telling the truth, even if the people don't like to hear it, has always been the best. 以我当灰狼老板的经验来说，不同之处我认为在於， 经营灰狼，就像是我把时间花在议会一样， 因为某种程度来说，这不太像是「生意」。 这非常的公开，你做的每件事都会摊在阳光下让大家知道。 我认为在政治上，我是个言出必践的人，嗯，这是事实，也是我做这做那的原因。 我发现在政治上，说实话永远是最好的办法，即使大家不爱听。 （按：这句话真的很「政客」啊......Orz） The other businesses that I'm in are all private businesses, which allow us to make decisions and then have time to [watch them] play out. And internally we have to recognize doing good or making a mistake, but it's an internal thing and it's much easier to do. It's among friends, and it's just much more comfortable. When I got involved in basketball, the part that is like politics is that you're running a business and though it's a private business in one sense, the public, your fans, kind of see it as their company or their team. In that sense, I think—I'm not saying it was a shocker, I understand it, but my experience in politics has prepared me for how open you have to be. The Timberwolves are not near as big as a lot of my other businesses. But in the eyes of the public, it's one of the main companies out of Minnesota. 我所经营的其他生意，则都比较非公开性质，我们可以私下决策，并观察接下来的发展， 在企业内部，我们会承认某些决策是正确的，或是犯了错误，但这是关起门来讲的， 面对的都是朋友伙伴，当然比公开讲简单、轻松得多。 当我扯上了篮球的事，其中类似政治的那个部分就是说， 虽然其实这还是你个人的生意，但大众、球迷，却会把这当成他们的公司、他们的球队。 既然这样，我觉得——我不是说这是什麽肮脏事啦，我了解的， 但我的政治经验，让我知道应该把事情公开到什麽程度。 灰狼跟我其他的生意比起来，只是小巫见大巫。但在大众的眼光里， 这却是我在明尼苏达最主要的生意之一。 --

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