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Baseball is a poorly run business.
I am constantly the butt of jokes.
I admire honesty more than any other trait.
I have tremendous confidence in John Paxson.
Sometimes you pay a premium to get what you want.
I was a Knicks fan until the day I bought the Bulls.
If you're doing something wrong, you deserve to be caught.
I've always been a leader in the push for revenue sharing.
I do sincerely hope the Cubs win a World Series. After I die.
The small-market teams should know I've always been with them.
Basketball is a game. Baseball is a religion. Baseball is American.
Live every day like it's you're last because one day you'll be right.
I'm a boring guy. I don't play golf. I read, but how many books can I read?
A team is supported by the community, and a team must support its community.
The only thing about sports is making sure you don't read the papers too often.
Discrimination and prejudice of any kind have no place in sports or in our society.
I operated a business where I let someone steal three-quarters of a million dollars.
It is a very humbling honor to be selected as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
When I look back, I did what I had to do for business and then fit family life into it.
I haven't said anything bad about Fay Vincent publicly, and I won't. I like him personally.
I have to let the general manager do what makes the most sense, or I can't hold him accountable.
It's bad for baseball to have owners who can benefit another business by losing money in baseball.
I've enjoyed being a baseball owner more because I've enjoyed owners being allowed to participate.
I think every parent takes more pleasure in seeing their child succeed than seeing themselves succeed.
It's not uncommon for a big free agent to come to a new club with a big contract and not perform up to his standards.
Baseball and its teams are proud of the sport's long-standing role as a change agent in American culture and society.
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.
My liking for a team isn't based on just how good it was, but how good was it in relation to how good it should have been.
A Bar Mitzvah is the time in his life when a Jewish boy realizes he has a better chance of owning a team than playing for one.
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.
I know I could have a better public image if I were less open, if I ducked more issues and didn't speak out. But it's not my nature.
I thought that the Bulls were an undermanaged, under-operated team and that it could be a very successful franchise if run properly.
I always felt if something bad happens, it can be your best opportunity. The times I was most depressed turned out to be the best things.
Any other business, you want your competitors to go out of business. In sports, you just don't want them to have as good a record as you do.
You can't make a manager have a coach he doesn't want. I can't make the head of the accounting department work with someone he doesn't want.
We strongly believe that children should not be exposed to smokeless tobacco or see such products being used by their on-field sports heroes.
When I think about how I grew up sleeping on a cot in the hallway in a one-bedroom apartment in Flatbush, it's been a great life. I can't complain.
I don't see any baseball expansion right now. If it were up to me, I would contract two teams. But I certainly don't think expansion on the horizon.
People say you make your own luck; I don't think that's the case, but maybe you contribute to your luck by recognizing it and taking advantage of it.
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.
We completely support Commissioner Silver's decision today regarding Clippers owner Donald Sterling, and praise him for his prompt investigation and action.
If I hadn't been fair, I would never have made the $6 billion in real estate deals that I did. I mean, if you're not fair, people don't want to deal with you.
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.
Perhaps the most satisfying thing occurred when Michael Jordan became a team owner and said to me, 'I owe you a lot of apologies. It's a lot harder to run a team than I thought.'
O'Malley wanted to move the Dodgers out of Brooklyn because he saw the promised land. He was right about that, but to this day I think he was wrong to take the Dodgers out of Brooklyn.
One of my friends, picture of health, worked out his whole life, never had a weight problem. Calls me up one day and says, 'I have pancreatic cancer.' Gone. I've lost too many friends.
I have been blessed with a bunch of great kids, grandchildren, and daughters-in-law. It's been a great life. I know I am probably in the fourth quarter, but I am hoping for triple overtime.
I'm proud of the fact I was able to surround myself with great people who did great things, and it resulted in the Bulls being a global brand and winning championships and a factor in the community.
The only real goal I had was, I wanted to own a car. Because my father, most of the time, he couldn't afford a car. Once in a while he would have a car, but it would be 10 or 15 years old, an old jalopy.
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.