Jerry Reinsdorf Quotes
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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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Baseball and its teams are proud of the sport's long-standing role as a change agent in American culture and society.
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I operated a business where I let someone steal three-quarters of a million dollars.
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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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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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When I look back, I did what I had to do for business and then fit family life into it.
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Don't tell people you're smart; let them find out on their own.
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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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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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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 coasted through high school. I was 203rd in a class of 987.
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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've enjoyed being a baseball owner more because I've enjoyed owners being allowed to participate.
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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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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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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 haven't said anything bad about Fay Vincent publicly, and I won't. I like him personally.
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If we kept all the players I liked personally, we'd be a lot worse team over the years.
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I do sincerely hope the Cubs win a World Series. After I die.
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I admire honesty more than any other trait.
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People say you make your own luck; I don't think that's the case, but maybe you contribute to your luck by recognizing it and taking advantage of it.
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Everyone loved my father. He was so nice that people took advantage of him. We were lower middle class. I slept in the hallway on a cot that rolled away during the day, and my younger brother and sister slept in my parents' room. My goal as a kid was to someday have my own room and to own a car - and I wanted to be able to take care of my parents.
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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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When I gave up law to go into real estate, my mother said, 'How can you give up the law?' But she lived long enough to see the Bulls win all six championships. She would wear all six pendants at the same time. She could barely stand up.