Jerry Reinsdorf
Jerry Reinsdorf
Jerry M. Reinsdorfis a CPA, lawyer and an owner of the NBA's Chicago Bulls and the MLB's Chicago White Sox. He started his professional life as a tax attorney with the Internal Revenue Service. He has been the head of the White Sox and Bulls for over 25 years...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSports Executive
Date of Birth25 February 1936
CountryUnited States of America
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I thought he was going to be a very good ballplayer. I was obviously wrong about that.
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We're not a team with a lot of stars.
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I was particularly pleased to hear how the president talked about Harold Baines. Because in a moment of jest, he once said his biggest mistake was trading Sammy Sosa for Harold Baines. So he went a long way toward making amends for that.
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What I like so much about Dennis is that he knows all the scuttlebutt that's going on around our sport.
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When I look back, I did what I had to do for business and then fit family life into it.
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I think every parent takes more pleasure in seeing their child succeed than seeing themselves succeed.
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Basketball is a game. Baseball is a religion. Baseball is American.
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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.
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Discrimination and prejudice of any kind have no place in sports or in our society.
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I decided wives and children wouldn't be invited. If we had too big a party, it wouldn't be very intimate.
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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.