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 Read Quote
I think every parent takes more pleasure in seeing their child succeed than seeing themselves succeed. Jerry Reinsdorf Read Quote
When I look back, I did what I had to do for business and then fit family life into it. Jerry Reinsdorf Read Quote
I’ve said this over the years publicly – this is not a lucrative business. My goal every year is to break even with the White Sox. Jerry Reinsdorf Read Quote
Discrimination and prejudice of any kind have no place in sports or in our society. Jerry Reinsdorf Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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. Jerry Reinsdorf Read Quote
A Bar Mitzvah is the time in his life when a Jewish boy realizes he has a better chance of owning a team than playing for one. Jerry Reinsdorf Read Quote
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 Read Quote