Quotes from Jerry Reinsdorf

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

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.

The only thing about sports is making sure you don't read the papers too often.

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

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

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.'

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

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.

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

Players alone don't win championships. It takes an entire organization. Someone has to acquire the players. Someone has to coach them. Someone has to generate revenue to pay them. But at the end of the day, the players are the ones who put their minds and bodies on the line to win.

Any other business, you want your competitors to go out of business. In sports, you just don't want them to have as good a record as you do.

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.

Baseball is a poorly run business.

People say you make your own luck; I don't think that's the case, but maybe you contribute to your luck by recognizing it and taking advantage of it.

Paul Konerko is one of the greatest players in White Sox history, not only for his strength and performance on the field, but also for his heart and leadership off the field.

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.

Sometimes you pay a premium to get what you want.

I always felt if something bad happens, it can be your best opportunity. The times I was most depressed turned out to be the best things.

If you're doing something wrong, you deserve to be caught.

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.

I don't see any baseball expansion right now. If it were up to me, I would contract two teams. But I certainly don't think expansion on the horizon.

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

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

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.