Jerry Reinsdorf

The only real goal I had was, I wanted to own a car. Because my father, most of the time, he couldn't…

— Jerry Reinsdorf

I never believed in pushing my kids. My dad was very unhappy I wasn't going to be a doctor, but I couldn't…

— Jerry Reinsdorf

I've enjoyed being a baseball owner more because I've enjoyed owners being allowed to participate.

— Jerry Reinsdorf

Players alone don't win championships. It takes an entire organization. Someone has to acquire the players. Someone has to coach them. Someone…

— Jerry Reinsdorf

Teams that consistently perform at the highest levels are able to come together and be unified across the organization - staff, players,…

— 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…

— Jerry Reinsdorf

Everyone loved my father. He was so nice that people took advantage of him. We were lower middle class. I slept in…

— Jerry Reinsdorf

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

— Jerry Reinsdorf

I've always believed certain things: You treat everybody nicely because, more than anything, it's the right thing to do. And then you…

— Jerry Reinsdorf

Perhaps the most satisfying thing occurred when Michael Jordan became a team owner and said to me, 'I owe you a lot…

— Jerry Reinsdorf

A Bar Mitzvah is the time in his life when a Jewish boy realizes he has a better chance of owning a…

— Jerry Reinsdorf

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

— Jerry Reinsdorf

The Commissioner was correct to ban Mr. Sterling from all official NBA business, to levy the stiffest allowable fine, and we will…

— Jerry Reinsdorf

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

— Jerry Reinsdorf

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…

— 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

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

— Jerry Reinsdorf

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

— 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…

— Jerry Reinsdorf

Chicago seems to follow New York, and coming from New York and being in real estate, I worry about things happening in…

— Jerry Reinsdorf

When I got started, the Bulls weren't even that popular in Chicago. The Chicago Sting, the indoor soccer team, was outdrawing the…

— 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…

— Jerry Reinsdorf

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

— Jerry Reinsdorf

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

— Jerry Reinsdorf