A biography for Jerry Joneshasn’t been written yet.
“But if you look at teams that want to share more revenues, they're teams that don't have a lot on the table. They've long since not had any serious investment in their team.”
“Risk takes on a lot of different forms, be it financial, the draft slot, something physical.”
“The stat is the score. And when you don't win that score, nothing good happens.”
“I promise you that during my life, I was more concerned about not letting people down, about doing my part, than I was ever into what it did for me.”
“You come to our stadium and look at the aura of 100,000 people. You look up there and see an Army tank coming at you. You see it on a TV screen, it's one thing. You see it at a movie theater, that's something else. When that thing's coming at you 70 feet high and 180 feet long, now that looks like a tank.”
“We, as a league, we have not in any way changed our desire to do everything we can to make it safe, make it safe as to head injury. We hope and will support any data that would give us more insight into any short- and long-term consequences. We would support that.”
“It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if we didn't have a salary cap.”
“The only way to break out is to gamble - take a chance with that first pick if you wanna dramatically improve your team.”
“Nobody is thinking they're going to come out here and put a team here and become a multimillionaire. I don't know anybody that comes into the NFL like that.”
“I am a monkey fan.”
“I never had naming rights at Texas Stadium.”
“This quarterback Weeden can drive the ball down field. He's a thing of beauty on throwing a football. His passing motion and his arm, frankly, you won't see a more gifted passer, power, accuracy, the entire aspect of it.”
“The question of many college quarterbacks is can they operate in the pro game, in the pro system. Can they not only function under the early, especially with our game, but can they do it efficiently?”
“I tried to get us what I thought was the equivalent of a Romo with Quincy Carter in the third round.”
“I paid more for the Dallas Cowboys than anyone prior than that had ever paid to get involved in sports. But I wanted to be a part of the future of the Dallas Cowboys.”
“It's free of hip dialing. You can have some pretty confidential conversations and not get overheard by the camera man by talking into this flip phone.”
“I probably should have had a little more tolerance with Jimmy Johnson. Seriously.”
“Stats are for losers. They relish in them.”
“Have we gotten too full of ourselves? Possibly.”
“I think my greatest moments in life are family moments, births and marriages.”