Jerry Jones
Jerry Jones
Jerral Wayne "Jerry" Jones Sr.is an American businessman. He is the owner, president, and general manager of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth13 October 1942
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
We were actually up about 13% to 14%.
anyone cares entertainment happy kinds
I didn't think that we would be entertaining the kinds of propositions that we got from the players. I'm not happy with it at all. As you well know, I don't think anyone particularly cares how happy I am.
addition gone player propensity situations worked
He's a player that is a competitive player. He's an outstanding addition to an offense. In general, I am a risk-taker. We've gone down that road. We've had some situations that worked and some that didn't. ... I probably have a propensity to try and make things work.
team long looks
But if you look at teams that want to share more revenues, they're teams that don't have a lot on the table. They've long since not had any serious investment in their team.
dream marine looks
Look, many of us here are regular marines... I will die as a marine because that is my dream.
cowboy looks way
We are continuing to look for ways that we can do something that's good for both of us. Good for both of us being the Cowboys relative to relief as to our cap management and good for him that would maybe be some pluses for him on his contract.
team california focus
With the initial focus groups and the initial look-sees, the Rams are a very popular team in Southern California. And so one of the reasons that it was attractive to us to work against them is because they have that good flavor.
men
You don't see young men walk out and say, "Hey, let's go knock the [stuff] out of each other." You say, "Let's hit some grounders. Let's play catch. Let's shoot some baskets."
sensitive concerned
And I completely am one of the most sensitive in that area as far as the NFL is concerned.
seven
Only 7 percent of NFL fans have ever been inside an NFL stadium. Seven... have ever been inside. So the NFL is certainly about the Colosseum of Rome. It can't be a studio game.
team people appreciate
If people have the ability to see it, and you spend the money to put the wow factor into it, they will reward that entity or that team or that business, and they will then say they appreciate me, they appreciate what I'm about, and they will support it.
We've all got to get on the same page.
guy common teach
You talk about the [armed] service teaches you how to depend on each other, the service makes you aware of the common good and strips that down. Guys who go into service get to have that. But that's a high price to pay in this day and time with going into service.
real player talent
You could have a player that gave you some iffiness but his talent would make a real contribution, but you had to have an overwhelming base of players so you know exactly what you had.