Businessman

There must be free and open interdepartmental discussion and consideration of everyone's ideas and opinions. These internal discussions must not be considered an invasion of turf, and must remain private... When everyone is on the same page, trust develops, and teams can grow and succeed together.

You get into sports with the idea that you want to win. If you aren't trying to win, what's the point in being involved?

If we kept all the players I liked personally, we'd be a lot worse team over the years.

I just put people together. I just identified jobs that have to be filled. And then I have to go out and find the right people and make sure they talk to each other. So I'm the beneficiary of good things that other people do. I get credit for that. If they don't do a good job, I get the blame for it.

When I bought the team, I wasn't thinking about a new arena. But obviously I'm very proud of the contributions that the Bulls franchise has made to the community between Chicago Bulls Charities and the re-development of the West Side with the United Center being the catalyst.

I coasted through high school. I was 203rd in a class of 987.

The only thing about sports is making sure you don't read the papers too often.

We strongly believe that children should not be exposed to smokeless tobacco or see such products being used by their on-field sports heroes.

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.'

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.

Everyone loved my father. He was so nice that people took advantage of him. We were lower middle class. I slept in the hallway on a cot that rolled away during the day, and my younger brother and sister slept in my parents' room. My goal as a kid was to someday have my own room and to own a car - and I wanted to be able to take care of my parents.

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.

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

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.

It's bad for baseball to have owners who can benefit another business by losing money in baseball.

Don't tell people you're smart; let them find out on their own.

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.

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.

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.

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.