Jerry Reinsdorf Quotes

It's all about putting the best team together - not just in the front office but the players on the field.

We spent a lot of money on some players.

Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.

When you spend a lot of money on one player, you want him to prove himself, but the way football works, one day you can be good, the next you can be bad, and the next after that, you can be very bad. I have come to Manchester City to work very hard and to help my friends make Manchester City great.

£25million or £30m or £20m - whether you are expensive or not, players are just players.

I know the Cubs don't typically do six- or seven-year deals, but I think there are obviously times when there should be exceptions. I think I've done pretty well here.

If we don't need the players who are available to sign, then why are we going to sign?

Bad performances can happen and are not that serious - even with new players. You can't, say, sell him, get a new one.

It doesn't matter if they buy me for, I don't know, £38 million or £40m - I am not guaranteed to play the games.

If I had any interest in coming back to baseball, it would be as a general manager and not as a manager.

My job, when it comes to free agency, trades, is not to pick players, but support the personnel department and the coaching staff. We have to have the financial resources to make things happen and that's my job.

Really, I learned a long time ago that in the National Football League, paper doesn't mean anything. Football teams are created on the football field.

When you play professionally, you get accustomed to turnover. Players come and go - they get injured, they get transferred, they get cut from the team. Coaches are hired, and coaches are fired. It's just part of the world you live in.

I think in the NFL, continuity is something that is helpful, but it's not the end all. In a league where injuries are so prevalent, you're used to guys moving in and out.

At the minor-league and major-league level, you know how important your coaching staff is, but in a big market it becomes absolutely huge.

What's unfortunate about buying a pitcher for $12 million is that he carries no warranty.

I've always thought that having an attractive free agent is better than a guy who was picked in the seventh round.

What you don't want to do is to hang on to the aging superstar past his prime and take resources away you can otherwise use to build a better overall team.

Trade a player a year too early rather than a year too late.

General managers - I like to talk about the 'golden gut': general managers that not only can have a sense for the players that are going to perform beyond what people expect and get team chemistry right, but they also have to be able to make trades.

In Italy... people think that they can win matches with only systems. I say this is impossible because, otherwise, there wouldn't be players that cost 100 million euros and others who cost 1 million.

I'm a good listener, and I take into consideration everything people tell me, but at the same time, I believe my eyes as well as the experience I had as a player. So players who underperform? There has to be a reason why... my job is for them to perform.

I'm pretty sure every team in the NBA would love to have Paul Pierce on their team.

You have expectations always when you buy players. Mostly, you have positive expectations.

Managers come and go, and first-team coaches and players can leave suddenly.