About Tom Hicks

Thomas Ollis Hicks Sr. (born February 7, 1946), is an American private equity investor and sports team owner living in Dallas, Texas.

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There’s no reason the Rangers can’t get to the top.

Tom Hicks

American private equity investor

Pitching is a priority.

Tom Hicks

American private equity investor

The best thing we can do is develop our own.

Tom Hicks

American private equity investor

We want to add an American League pennant… and to bring the World Series to Arlington.

Tom Hicks

American private equity investor

Baseball is all about pitching, and we know we have to improve our pitching.

Tom Hicks

American private equity investor

We’re trying to put ourselves in the best position to win, period, if not this year, next year.

Tom Hicks

American private equity investor

If you take the approach that you want to scrape every last nickel off the table, that’ll work one or two times, but after awhile, your reputation will precede you.

Tom Hicks

American private equity investor

What you don’t want to do is to hang on to the aging superstar past his prime and take resources away you can otherwise use to build a better overall team.

Tom Hicks

American private equity investor

My style is to keep folks in place who are good managers and want to win.

Tom Hicks

American private equity investor

You don’t even have to win a championship every year to draw the fans. You just have to show you’re really trying.

Tom Hicks

American private equity investor

I don’t have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I’m bullish about the Longhorns.

Tom Hicks

American private equity investor

I think the University of Texas has the chance to become the finest public university in the country.

Tom Hicks

American private equity investor