Dan Rooney
Dan Rooney
Daniel Milton "Dan" Rooneyis the former United States Ambassador to Ireland, who served from July 3, 2009 until his resignation in 2012. He is chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team in the National Football League, which was founded by his father, Art. Rooney was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000 for his contributions to the game. He is credited with spearheading a requirement that NFL teams with head coach and general manager vacancies interview at...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 July 1932
CityPittsburgh, PA
I guess what all this does is determine some specific measurement that may equate to athletic ability. But it's hard to get excited if a guy doesn't play well on film.
If you have good people, why change? If you keep making changes all the time, you're like an expansion team, always starting over. Stability is everything. I believe if you get the right person, he's going to come through.
We are so thrilled to bring this back to Pittsburgh.
Fans here are very knowledgeable, but at the same time they want us to win, and they want to see you coming along.
There are 32 teams so I think there are 32 different ways to operate. We just try to do things that fit within a certain philosophy. We want that philosophy to be evident at every level of the organization.
Yeah, every team has to look to maximize their revenue.
Estate taxes make every one of us nervous. If there’s an owner who isn’t, he has his head in the sand.
I said from the very beginning that I was looking for the best person, I had no doubt it was Roger Goodell.
If we are fortunate enough to win, we'll have a nice present for the city of Pittsburgh when we get back there on Monday.
If that kind of stuff won games, we'd all be doing them, including me.
He was bright and that came across. He was a young man with great enthusiasm. He had confidence he could do the job and that was evident as we kept talking.
He would have been with us. We were great friends.
When it went to the one year, I did think it had a good chance to pass. I thought it might make it.
Over my dead body. That's not something we need.