Jerry Reinsdorf Quotes

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Jerry Reinsdorf

Profession : Businessman

Birth : February 25, 1936

I haven't said anything bad about Fay Vincent publicly, and I won't. I like him personally.

Jerry Reinsdorf

It's bad for baseball to have owners who can benefit another business by losing money in baseball.

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I had a vision of how basketball should be played. And the vision was the Knicks teams that won the championship in 1970 and 1973. I wanted a team that emphasized defense. I wanted a team that on offense had a system where players moved off the ball, and the ball moved.

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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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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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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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I had been a basketball fan growing up, and I felt that if we brought in the proper coach, and we played basketball the old fashioned way - where defense is paramount and offense involved movement off the ball and movement of the ball - we could build a winning team, and Chicago would respond to that.

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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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A team is supported by the community, and a team must support its community.

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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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I'm a boring guy. I don't play golf. I read, but how many books can I read?

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I don't think people realize how much I love basketball. A lot of people think because of this idiotic comment I made that I love baseball and don't like basketball. Baseball came first because if you grew up in Brooklyn in the 1940s, that was the No. 1 thing. But if you have more than one kid, you love them both.

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I was a Knicks fan until the day I bought the Bulls.

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There must be free and open interdepartmental discussion and consideration of everyone's ideas and opinions. These internal discussions must not be considered an invasion of turf, and must remain private... When everyone is on the same page, trust develops, and teams can grow and succeed together.

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I do sincerely hope the Cubs win a World Series. After I die.

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I know I could have a better public image if I were less open, if I ducked more issues and didn't speak out. But it's not my nature.

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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 coasted through high school. I was 203rd in a class of 987.

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I have tremendous confidence in John Paxson.

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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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