Jerry Reinsdorf Quotes
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You can't make a manager have a coach he doesn't want. I can't make the head of the accounting department work with someone he doesn't want.
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Discrimination and prejudice of any kind have no place in sports or in our society.
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It is a very humbling honor to be selected as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Losing is not fun. I know the fans don't like it, but they don't have to watch it every day. I have to watch it every day. I don't like watching bad teams.
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We completely support Commissioner Silver's decision today regarding Clippers owner Donald Sterling, and praise him for his prompt investigation and action.
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I've always believed certain things: You treat everybody nicely because, more than anything, it's the right thing to do. And then you also never know when someone will be in position to help you or hurt you. I know I've gotten help from a lot of people who said good things about me because I treated them well.
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I operated a business where I let someone steal three-quarters of a million dollars.
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When I look back, I did what I had to do for business and then fit family life into it.
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The only real goal I had was, I wanted to own a car. Because my father, most of the time, he couldn't afford a car. Once in a while he would have a car, but it would be 10 or 15 years old, an old jalopy.
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I coasted through high school. I was 203rd in a class of 987.
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We strongly believe that children should not be exposed to smokeless tobacco or see such products being used by their on-field sports heroes.
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I've always been a leader in the push for revenue sharing.
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Don't tell people you're smart; let them find out on their own.
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I've enjoyed being a baseball owner more because I've enjoyed owners being allowed to participate.
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Any other business, you want your competitors to go out of business. In sports, you just don't want them to have as good a record as you do.
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I do sincerely hope the Cubs win a World Series. After I die.
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One of my friends, picture of health, worked out his whole life, never had a weight problem. Calls me up one day and says, 'I have pancreatic cancer.' Gone. I've lost too many friends.
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I have tremendous confidence in John Paxson.
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I have been blessed with a bunch of great kids, grandchildren, and daughters-in-law. It's been a great life. I know I am probably in the fourth quarter, but I am hoping for triple overtime.
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I admire honesty more than any other trait.
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They'd have to force me to take the All-Star Game. They take over the building, your season-ticket holders have to be in a lottery to see if they get tickets, and then they don't get a good ticket. Really, no good can come out of it, and all it can do is upset your fans.
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When I bought the team, I wasn't thinking about a new arena. But obviously I'm very proud of the contributions that the Bulls franchise has made to the community between Chicago Bulls Charities and the re-development of the West Side with the United Center being the catalyst.
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I just put people together. I just identified jobs that have to be filled. And then I have to go out and find the right people and make sure they talk to each other. So I'm the beneficiary of good things that other people do. I get credit for that. If they don't do a good job, I get the blame for it.
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If we kept all the players I liked personally, we'd be a lot worse team over the years.