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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We win the World Series and Ozzie retires, who says I'm not going to retire?
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Don't write us off. Nobody thought we'd win the World Series in 2005, but we did. There are years when we think we're great, and we're bad. I mean, the funny thing about this game is that you can't figure it out.
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A lot of stuff he tells to the media he's just making it up. You don't know what to believe and what not to believe. Look, if we win the World Series I might retire. Let's win a World Series and see if he's serious.
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We're saddened by the news. Al lived a long and good life. We're so pleased we were able to win the World Series this year and that he was able to see it before he died.
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In order for a team, an ordinary team, to win the World Series -- by ordinary team, that's everybody other than the Yankees -- all sorts of things have to happen, the stars really have to line up in the right order. You have to have a lot of breaks, and we got them. I can think of a zillion breaks that we got in the postseason.
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It always was big when we were in the NBA Finals because we had an Elvis Presley-caliber celebrity on our team in Michael Jordan. But the World Series is much bigger. I've never seen Chicago this excited. Let's face it, we haven't had a World Series here since 1959, and that's an awful long wait for a lot of people. Winning all those championships with the Bulls was great, but it would be the ultimate of my sports career if we win a world championship.
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He gets a lot of credit for the World Series team, but I thought he also did a good job the last several seasons. He made some bold moves that didn't quite work out, but they were the right moves.
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I never believed in pushing my kids. My dad was very unhappy I wasn't going to be a doctor, but I couldn't stand to see the sight of blood. And I wanted to be a lawyer since I was in seventh or eighth grade.
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In many ways, this was improbable. But when you go 88 years, it's time. I felt all 88 of those years. In fact, I think that I even felt the years that the Cubs haven't won, too, on my shoulder.
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I know what this means to me. What amazes me is how many other people realize what this means to me.
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I've known Art for twenty years and have successfully done business with him in the past. I know Art will be successful in this venture.
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I've known Ozzie since he was 21 years old. He's like a son to me. Nothing about Ozzie surprises me, and nothing that Ozzie does bothers me.
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Never. My mother would kill me and she's not even alive.
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It was kind of an emotional thing. They were really very nice to us.