I’ve enjoyed being a baseball owner more because I’ve enjoyed owners being allowed to participate. Jerry Reinsdorf Read Quote
Perhaps the most satisfying thing occurred when Michael Jordan became a team owner and said to me, ‘I owe you a lot of apologies. It’s a lot harder to run a team than I thought.’ Jerry Reinsdorf Read Quote
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 Read Quote
My liking for a team isn’t based on just how good it was, but how good was it in relation to how good it should have been. Jerry Reinsdorf Read Quote
I thought that the Bulls were an undermanaged, under-operated team and that it could be a very successful franchise if run properly. Jerry Reinsdorf Read Quote
You get into sports with the idea that you want to win. If you aren’t trying to win, what’s the point in being involved? Jerry Reinsdorf Read Quote
When I got started, the Bulls weren’t even that popular in Chicago. The Chicago Sting, the indoor soccer team, was outdrawing the Bulls. Now you can travel all over the world – Europe, Far East, Africa, wherever – and you see people with Bulls memorabilia or merchandise. It’s incredible and the one thing I never could imagined accomplishing. Jerry Reinsdorf Read Quote
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 Read Quote
