THEY SAID IT
Edited by Merrell Noden
December 24, 1990
?Phil Esposito, president of the NHL-expansion Tampa Bay Lightning, on how he persuaded Japanese investors to bankroll a hockey team in Tampa: "The more we drank, the more it made sense. Later, they were surprised to learn they had invested in hockey. They thought we said sake."
? Phil Esposito, president of the NHL-expansion Tampa Bay Lightning, on how he persuaded Japanese investors to bankroll a hockey team in Tampa: "The more we drank, the more it made sense. Later, they were surprised to learn they had invested in hockey. They thought we said sake."