Jerry Jones Quotations

The position that's on the table by the players just isn't acceptable.

We've also done planting on Adams' Farm and in Cherry Creek, so this is only part of it.

Would you describe yourself as prone to violence?

We've got a pretty tight time frame here. It'll be firmed into a situation that will reasonably address the beginning of the league year.

The expectations are we'll come up with something that will work relative to our economics. But everyone knows this cuts real deep. We're going to have to make this work in the league. We're going to have to run some tighter ships in managing our costs.

The Cowboys have tried to be visible from a long way back, before it was necessarily in vogue. You know, it's easy to talk the talk, but it's another thing to actually get out and put the plan in place.

The Cowboys have joined the NFL in this action. We will not be able to comment on specifics of the litigation other than to say we are standing side by side on the matter,

The fact is Drew hasn't progressed, and that's disappointing, but it's time for us to be patient. He's got quick feet, a strong arm and he's as smart as a whip. This is not a time to give up. It's a time to stick with him. Great quarterbacks don't always just land in your lap. Sometimes you have to develop them.

She came to school with a black eye. She had a patch over her eye. She could barely walk and she was in pain.

Sheryl Crow is one of the most popular entertainment artists today and we are excited about the opportunity to have her with us on Thanksgiving Day to kick off one of the most important fund-raising drives in America ? the Red Kettle campaign.

My fingerprints were not on the knife, my blood was not on the knife, and my DNA is not on the knife. How on earth is it possible to stab someone 63 times and yet leave no physical evidence whatsoever?

My gut is that we can come up with something here that is good for the league, and that we can go on with. But it's going to be up in the air, and is up in the air, at this time. I expect a pretty drawn-out meeting.

Personally, it was hard to see Emmitt in red.

If we get out of the draft without an offensive lineman, I'll be very disappointed. Frankly, I like putting an offensive lineman in the mix every year because of how expensive it is to get them in free agency.

If they want the tackle, and Ferguson is out of reach, Justice would be the obvious target. I've seen him rated all the way from No. 8 all the way down to 23 or 24, and I'm only talking about people whose judgment I trust. He's No. 19 on my list. Isn't that odd?

If they would have just let me know something, I might not have done this.

I don't feel an urgency to get a young wide receiver.

I am concerned. I want them to understand the logic. It's very important that the fans don't think I just don't care (what they think).

But when I look at what our alternatives are and when I look at what he can bring to the table for our team this year, it's worth the risk.

But at the same time, he knows the game totally. Being two steps faster than everybody else isn't going to do it for a quarterback in the NFL. It's the mind that has to click on.

I have all the confidence that this is going to work out. We know adding a player like this is going to help us become a better football team. And at the end of the day, that?s what it?s all about.

I feel that we'll likely have a deal.

For some reason or other not able to shoot it in Toronto and Saturday wraps filming so easier to bring the two actors here than to take everyone to Canada.

If any of my runners had a last-second question, I wanted them to be able to find me fast. Nowadays, I wear it so my athletes can make sure I get on the right bus when it's time to go home.

I encountered the most gorgeous creature Id ever laid eyes on in my life.

He (Woodson) is a living, breathing example of the saying that character does matter.

He is a Wall Street guy, not a real estate guy, not a hospitality guy, but a stock guy. The connection with Wall Street is important to the company. And the familiarity with the company is a real asset.

He is a very young man with a young family that has a great foundation to go from here and really do some great things. We hope that many of those things can be done in and a part and around the Dallas Cowboys organization.

This was not me selling Bill, this was not Bill selling me. This was us taking advantage of getting an outstanding player.

Her eyes were wide open. And she was looking right at me, and I realized that she was losing her life,

He was kind of a charismatic fellow, bright enough that he was able to walk between both of these worlds. He was a controlling guy, a scary guy. ... They did as he told them.

I think the one guy who is a sure thing is Eric. He's the kid everyone thinks has a shot.

I think you have risks in every player that you sign. I wouldn't call this a high-risk move. Not at all.

I was very surprised that he was still there.

Our Hispanic fan base is a treasure, ... One of the things I am most proud of is to hear 'Vaqueros de Dallas' when we go to Mexico.

Our Hispanic fan base is a treasure. One of the things I am most proud of is to hear 'Vaqueros de Dallas' when we go to Mexico.

Our team has always enjoyed a great fan following in Austin, and we know that CBS 42 will be able to satisfy the tremendous thirst for Cowboys information and programming in the state capital.

I think if we ultimately see something that is do-able between labor and the league, then you can have it without any additional revenue-sharing.

Michael's narrow finish last year has him knocking on the door again, and deservedly so. As the inspirational leader of the first NFL team to win three Super Bowls in four years, he is due.

You just shake your head in disbelief and, What on earth are they thinking?

We feel good about our running backs as we have them right now, and we will continue to see how they progress.

You already have every advantage in the world, ... You have spotting scopes, you have night scopes, you have rifles and shells. ... Just walking up and shooting a bear out of a tree from 20 feet away is not a sport.

With the free agents, we were really able to cover our needs spots. That allows us not to compromise our pick in any way. We don't have to take a lesser player because he plays a position of need.

We just didn't think it was as serious. We've had many play through that and do well, especially at that position, so it was discouraging when he decided he wanted to have surgery. ... The main thing is that we were planning on him being out at practice the next day when he decided to have surgery.

We were going to need better corner play and better nickel corner play. That's why we brought in Henry, and that's why we're bringing in Glenn.

Troy was all about the team. He was for winning football games. He could have passed for big yards if he wanted, but he did what was best for the team.

We gave up experience to have the opportunity to not only have good information now but build for the future. We have a good blend of veteran guys with guys that have not been doing it as long.

We can both disappoint each other in this agreement. But this is no free lunch to the Dallas Cowboys. We made a commitment to him. That means something.

We're not going to force people not to come here. They're going to come here whether we like it or not. They're going to have an impact on our infrastructure whether we like it or not. We have no way of closing our borders.

Yeah, I did (think about it). Initially there, it looked like the grim reaper was sitting there on one of those crossbars, just overlooking the day. It seemed like everything we did, we got stopped on the field. But when we got (to overtime). I just thought it was our turn to score.

Yeah, I did (think about it), ... Initially there, it looked like the grim reaper was sitting there on one of those crossbars, just overlooking the day. It seemed like everything we did, we got stopped on the field. But when we got (to overtime). I just thought it was our turn to score.

The proposal was really a mean mother from the union.

The proposal was a mean mother. It really forced us to make some adjustments.

We were actually up about 13% to 14%.

We understand that this signing will open the door for scrutiny. I know and Terrell knows that much is expected of our players on and off the field. I have always believed in taking advantage of opportunity. Terrell is well known for what he can do. This may really work and work great for the Dallas Cowboys.

Who would have dreamed he would have walked out there and played a game like that?

We were willing to make some sacrifices to get this thing done. The proposal from the union was a mean mother.

You cannot ignore the rest of the state when you deal with those parts of the state that are incapacitated,

You can look ahead and see the challenges, ... but I don't know anyone who didn't want to feel good for the next two weeks.

We want to play football. We have an obligation to everyone, particularly our fans. My gut is we're going to come up with something, but it's still up in the air. It's going to be long and drawn out and tough.

We just don't have the time to develop new temporary housing communities. We need to get them out of these shelters. . . . We don't want to just warehouse our people.

You have vast square miles of this state where you don't have code enforcement.

This year has drained him. He had much higher expectations, as we all did. And as he's been drained, it's taken away some of what he does best off the field, which is his bluster. He's just pulled back a little. The other day, I saw some of that bluster again after our back-to-back wins.

What could be better, in the fall, than seeing salmon spawning? It would be just wonderful.

We think the churches can help our people both heal mentally and get back on their feet as a temporary solution before they can get back into their permanent homes.

We want all those other states to know those are our people and we want them back.

We could probably put together ... close to 1,700 acres if the party wanted to buy the whole available land.

We couldn't walk out of this building and not have a deal. I expected to come out of this without having my Christmas list intact and I met my expectation.

Bill was very much a part of this decision from the get-go. Bill is very much on the same page with all of us. ... If there's a tie, I break it. But there's was no tie here. We both wanted Terrell to be part of this team.

Everybody would be hurt if we basically accepted the situation as it has been offered and as it would be today.

as tough a game to lose as any game we've had, any game we've ever had.

As I have said for the past three years, I am encouraged by Bill's enthusiasm and determination, and that hasn't changed in any way. From a personal perspective I have enjoyed every aspect of our working relationship, and I am optimistic about the organization's future.

It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if we didn't have a salary cap.

Terrell will be playing for a coach who understands locker-room chemistry and has had some of the highest-profile players ever and melded them into a team.

Admittedly, he was surrounded by a (great) cast. Well, now he's got a lesser cast and he went out and did the same things. I've noticed a real shift in opinion on him as we've moved through the year. And that shift is probably worth quite a lot of money.

Some teams had to sacrifice to get this done. This proposal (from the union) is really a mean mother. It forces us to really make some adjustments to how we do business.

The more he was a part of our team, the more we appreciated him as a player.

Defense always catches the offense. Always. No matter what adjustments you make, no matter how initially you sway it, the defense catches offense. It's an evolving thing. . . . I'm not concerned about a long-term advantage. You know we want to move the ball and why we obviously keep changing rules to help the offense. The reason you have to keep doing that is because those defenses keep tightening down. The guys are faster and bigger, and we've got the same width and length of a football field. There's no more room to run, and so you've got to give it a little bit of help.

As a consultant, Manhattan has been a part of our organization as we progressed through the development of this stadium project. The experience they have in this type of construction is invaluable.

You're not only gaining fans by coming to California and gaining supporters, it also sends a message that the Dallas Cowboys are America's team.

This is an important day for our organization and an impressive milestone. These are three candidates who are more than worthy of induction, and I look forward to their selection in February.

This is not a ski-area opportunity. It's a real- estate development opportunity.

This is one of the most exciting times I've ever been involved with for the Dallas Cowboys.

This decision is a tough one for me personally. Larry has been the best in pro football for a long time.

This is a chance for him to play for a great coach. Bill was very much part of this decision. Parcells has an outstanding record of taking high-profile players and having them understand what the locker room is about.

This is about moving the ball better on offense.

This is about continuity and building upon the pieces we have in place as an organization and as a football team. We aren't where we want to be at this point, but we're definitely moving in the right direction and feel very good about the future.

They put me in charge for a year while they looked for someone else. Thirty-five years later, they were still looking.

This partnership is unique. Not only is it a business relationship between the Cowboys and CVS, but it also includes a very unique community involvement relationship that is very important to us.

This may really work, and work great for the Dallas Cowboys.

They play the 'You are desperate' game. If the Chargers want to trade up to the eight-to-10 range, I think you're going to have to give away a very high pick from the next year or two and a No. 3 along with it. If you want to get up in the first five picks, you'd have to give up next year's No. 1 (in addition to this year's No. 1).

They're looking for any kind of volunteers you'd find in a typical hospital setting.

It's just not moving fast enough. We don't want to just warehouse these people. We want them to be in a place where they can thrive and get back to normalcy.

It's just a terrible loss. I'd like to have something to blame, but I don't.

It's extremely important that they make some kind of good showing at the combine.

It's a shame that he's gone. It's a disappointment.

It was a terrible play. When we reviewed it after practice, we became even more concerned because it was really very much a possibility that he could have had the most severe injury. The good news, there's a chance we get him back for the opening of the season.

Football has been an inspiration to people who have other troubles. There are problems throughout New Orleans and Louisiana. We owe to those people not to take football from them.

It's more than his word, it's about logic. This is an opportunity for him to basically put it all together and come in here and have a very positive experience. ... Whoever got him after those two experiences was going to get a more knowledgeable and educated player.

Synergies, that's a word we use around here a lot, ... One of the first things we did was take the 20 people in the Cowboys' ticket office and have them started calling Cowboy season ticket holders to see if they're interested in Desperados season tickets.