“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
Wayne Gretzky” Michael Scott (Steve Carell).
Before we can answer that, let’s start at the beginning.
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It made sense considering he “knows everything that there is to know about paper.”
The resolve of a true entrepreneur.
Then, it was time to build the Dream Team.
And their mission is simple: “I will not beat.
I will never give up.
I am on a mission.
That is the Michael Scott guarantee.”
And yet, that quick success looked like it might be the cause of their downfall.
Scott plays hardball, rejecting the first offer before even hearing it.
Wallace says MSPC is only four weeks old and that they can’t keep this rate up.
With a strong counterargument from Scott, Dunder Mifflin comes back with an offer of $60,000.
“Our company is worth nothing,” responds Scott.
“Business isn’t about money to me, David.
If tomorrow my company goes under, I will just start another paper company.
He’s not lying, with plenty of possible company names at the ready, including “Michael.”
With their balls now in Wallace’s court, he concedes, agreeing to the unprecedented demands.
What was that you said about not getting a salary for the first five years, Oscar Martinez?
That’s the exact opposite ofdeclaring bankruptcy.
