Jerry Reinsdorf Quotes

Pressure is always on if you don't perform. There is no question.

If people want to criticize a performance, that I understand. I think that's important.

I figured the people who liked the sort of thing I was doing would come see it. If it was only 200 then that was alright and if it was 2000 then that is alright as well. I wasn't really interested in the big numbers; I was just interested in some numbers.

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

Everybody that has a measurement, whether it's in teaching or whether it's in your job, you're always worried how you will be measured.

If there's competition in training, then the training is intense, and then you have the pressure of a weekend that if you don't put in good performances, then your place is maybe up for grabs.

The adequacy of performance attainments depends upon the personal standards against which they are judged

General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.

I live or die by how well I act.

The more accountable I can make you, the easier it is for you to show you're a great performer.

In other words, unlike some people with new theories, we will go out, we'll go into a school and we get products and the products are evaluated, whether it's by teachers or others. The scores are quantified and then we compare performances.

The first man put at the helm will be a good one. Nobody knows what sort may come afterward.

In big clubs, you always have competitions for places.

You're not going to put up good numbers every year.

You still have to go perform; it doesn't matter what the tournament is.

I measure myself against everybody, not just the shooting guards.

I always need a reason to do something on stage, for me. I am not judging anyone: there is not a good way; there is not a bad way. You just have to justify everything.

Either a player accepts competition or they say they absolutely need to play. For a player to have an open door, I have to have, at the same position, an element that is just as good or even better.

Competition means the best player will play.

Consistency in selection is great but it's a whole lot easier if you've got players who warrant that consistency through their performances.

Spurts don't count. The final score makes no mention of a splendid start if the finish proves that you were an also ran.

My approach is going to be all about winning games. All the rest of that stuff will take care of itself.

I never played for numbers.

There's no comparison to competition. You can't tell yourself truly where you're at unless you compete in competition.

If you hit .200 and you win or .300 and you win, it's all the same. Just so you win.