Jerry Reinsdorf Quotes

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Jerry Reinsdorf

Profession : Businessman

Birth : February 25, 1936

I have to let the general manager do what makes the most sense, or I can't hold him accountable.

Jerry Reinsdorf

If we kept all the players I liked personally, we'd be a lot worse team over the years.

Jerry Reinsdorf

I operated a business where I let someone steal three-quarters of a million dollars.

Jerry Reinsdorf

I am constantly the butt of jokes.

Jerry Reinsdorf

We can't make a decision based on PR value. We have to do what we think is right.

Jerry Reinsdorf

I don't see any baseball expansion right now. If it were up to me, I would contract two teams. But I certainly don't think expansion on the horizon.

Jerry Reinsdorf

The team was supported by the fans, and the city was committed to a new building. But that wasn't good enough for Walter O'Malley. He had a better deal, and he passed up a good deal for a better one. I don't think that was right, because ownership of a ballclub is at least a semi-public trust.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Chicago seems to follow New York, and coming from New York and being in real estate, I worry about things happening in Chicago that have happened in New York. I've seen a great city like New York go downhill. It has a wonderful financial downtown, but the rest of the city is not very nice.

Jerry Reinsdorf

It's not uncommon for a big free agent to come to a new club with a big contract and not perform up to his standards.

Jerry Reinsdorf

I've always been a leader in the push for revenue sharing.

Jerry Reinsdorf

The small-market teams should know I've always been with them.

Jerry Reinsdorf

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.

Jerry Reinsdorf

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.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Live every day like it's you're last because one day you'll be right.

Jerry Reinsdorf

The best thing for the fans is having a team with a chance to win. That's what everyone wants.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Sometimes you pay a premium to get what you want.

Jerry Reinsdorf

If I hadn't been fair, I would never have made the $6 billion in real estate deals that I did. I mean, if you're not fair, people don't want to deal with you.

Jerry Reinsdorf

My greatest moment as a jock occurred when I was 14 and playing punch ball in front of my house on Albemarle Road near East 17th Street in Brooklyn. I ran back, back for a ball, and it fell in my hands. I didn't even see it. Everyone congratulated me on the catch, and I never told them how it really happened.

Jerry Reinsdorf

If you're doing something wrong, you deserve to be caught.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Baseball is a poorly run business.

Jerry Reinsdorf