“I can make millions of people happy,” Steve Cohen said in the November press conference introducing him as the new owner of the Mets. “What an incredible opportunity that is. … It’s really about building something great, building something for the fans, winning, and I just find this an amazing opportunity.”
The latter part of the quote is fairly standard-issue: An owner is supposed to talk about winning, about building something, even if that does not actually become an area of particular focus. But it’s rare to see a direct connection made between those goals and making people happy—happiness situated as not just a byproduct of winning but as a worthwhile achievement unto itself.