“What other people think of me is none of my business.”

“Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.”

“The owners don't win by having a lockout. Shutting down your business is not good for anybody and it's certainly not good for the players, it's certainly not good for the fans. And that's most important to us.”

“It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference.”

“I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence I can reach for perfection is God's business.”

“When I was in college, I was debating to try my hand at show business, or to become a professor. I just thought of the risk of not going into show business and always wondering if I would've had a chance. Because that's where my real heart was.”

“I do love television. But the business is accelerating and people are not getting the chance to fail.”

“I have laid aside business, and gone a'fishing.”

“Selling public property is the true Chicago way. Had Mr. Obama not been elected president, the nation's business journals would be falling over one another to praise his city for its daring, market-friendly innovations.”