City Pages: How is owning the Timberwolves different from your other businesses, and how is it the same? CP：經營灰狼這支球隊，跟你其他的企業比起來，有什麼相同或不同之處呢？ 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. 以我當灰狼老闆的經驗來說，不同之處我認為在於， 經營灰狼，就像是我把時間花在議會一樣， 因為某種程度來說，這不太像是「生意」。 這非常的公開，你做的每件事都會攤在陽光下讓大家知道。 我認為在政治上，我是個言出必踐的人，嗯，這是事實，也是我做這做那的原因。 我發現在政治上，說實話永遠是最好的辦法，即使大家不愛聽。 （按：這句話真的很「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. 我所經營的其他生意，則都比較非公開性質，我們可以私下決策，並觀察接下來的發展， 在企業內部，我們會承認某些決策是正確的，或是犯了錯誤，但這是關起門來講的， 面對的都是朋友伙伴，當然比公開講簡單、輕鬆得多。 當我扯上了籃球的事，其中類似政治的那個部分就是說， 雖然其實這還是你個人的生意，但大眾、球迷，卻會把這當成他們的公司、他們的球隊。 既然這樣，我覺得——我不是說這是什麼骯髒事啦，我瞭解的， 但我的政治經驗，讓我知道應該把事情公開到什麼程度。 灰狼跟我其他的生意比起來，只是小巫見大巫。但在大眾的眼光裡， 這卻是我在明尼蘇達最主要的生意之一。 --

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