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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.

Don't write us off. Nobody thought we'd win the World Series in 2005, but we did. There are years when we think we're great, and we're bad. I mean, the funny thing about this game is that you can't figure it out.

Jerry Reinsdorf

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.

Jerry Reinsdorf

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.

Jerry Reinsdorf

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

Jerry Reinsdorf

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

Jerry Reinsdorf

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

Jerry Reinsdorf

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

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

I only had one player in my 33 years of sports that couldn't be traded. He wore No. 23 - and 45 when he played baseball.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Baseball and its teams are proud of the sport's long-standing role as a change agent in American culture and society.

Jerry Reinsdorf

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

Jerry Reinsdorf

I think every parent takes more pleasure in seeing their child succeed than seeing themselves succeed.

Jerry Reinsdorf

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.

Jerry Reinsdorf

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

Jerry Reinsdorf

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.

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

Baseball is a poorly run business.

Jerry Reinsdorf

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

Jerry Reinsdorf

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.

Jerry Reinsdorf

When I look back, I did what I had to do for business and then fit family life into it.

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

O'Malley wanted to move the Dodgers out of Brooklyn because he saw the promised land. He was right about that, but to this day I think he was wrong to take the Dodgers out of Brooklyn.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Don't tell people you're smart; let them find out on their own.

Jerry Reinsdorf

The Commissioner was correct to ban Mr. Sterling from all official NBA business, to levy the stiffest allowable fine, and we will support his recommendation to press for Mr. Sterling to relinquish his ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers franchise.

Jerry Reinsdorf

I never heard of anyone saying they want to deploy their capital wisely and go buy a sports franchise. What you want to do is just not lose money. You see, I don't have to work anymore. I tell people I don't have a real job. On the other hand, I learned long ago that you can't go broke if you turn a profit.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Making the Hall of Fame has long been considered the top individual honor that one can achieve in any sport, but for me, I feel it is a culmination of all the input and effort afforded me from so many other people over the years that put me in this position today.

Jerry Reinsdorf

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

Jerry Reinsdorf

I am constantly the butt of jokes.

Jerry Reinsdorf

I'm proud of the fact I was able to surround myself with great people who did great things, and it resulted in the Bulls being a global brand and winning championships and a factor in the community.

Jerry Reinsdorf

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.

Jerry Reinsdorf

Sometimes you pay a premium to get what you want.

Jerry Reinsdorf

When I think about how I grew up sleeping on a cot in the hallway in a one-bedroom apartment in Flatbush, it's been a great life. I can't complain.

Jerry Reinsdorf

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

Jerry Reinsdorf

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

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