Reinsdorf Jerry Quotes & Sayings

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. — Jerry Reinsdorf

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. — Jerry Reinsdorf

Basketball is a game. Baseball is a religion. Baseball is American. — Jerry Reinsdorf

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. — Jerry Reinsdorf

I only had one player in my 33 years of sports that couldn't be traded. He wore No. 23 - and 45 when he played baseball. — Jerry Reinsdorf

Horses in the Book of Mormon would be another. You have relatively few mentions of horses, but there are some, and we don't know exactly how they were used; they don't seem to be all that common. Were they horses as we understood them, [or] does the term describe some other animal? Languages don't always and cultures don't always classify things the way we would expect. We have what we call common-sense ways of doing it. They're not common sense; they're just ours. But again, we don't have a strong case there. We're just problem solving there. — Daniel C. Peterson

The shining forth of God's kingdom is a sign of restoration — Sunday Adelaja

When I look back, I did what I had to do for business and then fit family life into it. — Jerry Reinsdorf

Film work is hard work. It's long days, and quite often quite dismaying locations you have to be in. — Joanna Lumley

When I gave up law to go into real estate, my mother said, 'How can you give up the law?' But she lived long enough to see the Bulls win all six championships. She would wear all six pendants at the same time. She could barely stand up. — Jerry Reinsdorf

They never could prove it was him, but everybody knew. He had to admit, it wasn't one of his shining moments, but he knew he had had to do something to a man who didn't think Starkey was good enough to breathe the same air as his own children. The guy simply had to be punished for that kind of behavior.

All of it seemed to pale now that he was a murderer. But no - It would do him no good to think of himself that way. Better to think of himself as a warrior: a foot soldier in the war against unwinding. Soldiers were given medals for taking out the enemy, weren't they? So even though that night in the alley still plagues him in moments of insecurity, most of the time his conscience is clear. — Neal Shusterman

I've said this over the years publicly - this is not a lucrative business. My goal every year is to break even with the White Sox. — Jerry Reinsdorf

Of course, I thought I was badass at sixteen, too. Wait, I was badass at sixteen. Oh, yeah. — Rachel Caine

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. — Jerry Reinsdorf

Discrimination and prejudice of any kind have no place in sports or in our society. — Jerry Reinsdorf

I feast on wine and bread, and feasts they are. — Michelangelo

We completely support Commissioner Silver's decision today regarding Clippers owner Donald Sterling, and praise him for his prompt investigation and action. — Jerry Reinsdorf

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. — Jerry Reinsdorf

I think every parent takes more pleasure in seeing their child succeed than seeing themselves succeed. — Jerry Reinsdorf

Please," Meg whispered. "I don't want any trouble here."
He released his hold on her. As though she might say something further, she parted her lips slightly. Then she walked out of the church.
"Touch her again, and I'll kill you," Daniel said.
Clay wondered if he should tell her brother that he'd be doing him a favor if he killed him ... because his heart had just died. — Lorraine Heath