Landman: Here is the complete Jerry Jones monologue
“Landman” isn’t afraid to show off its Texas roots. It loves it’s energy industry, way of living, and yes, it’s football. Especially, the Dallas Cowboys.
Which is why it shouldn’t have too been to a big a surprise when Cowboys owner, Jerry Jones, showed up as himself to talk to an ailing Monty at his bed. His monologue made some raise their eyebrows, which I’m sure is why you’re here.
Here it is..
“My daughter, when I was in my 30s, went to school at Stanford. I couldn’t stand it. She was so far from Arkansas. So, I’d think of reasons to make trips out there. Try to come up with a little business or something. I’d go out there with her. I get an old office, downtown Palo Alto. Gene (Eugenia) goes to class with her. I said ‘you know, I need to get some things going out here if I’m going to spend this kind of time.
So, I went over to Brentwood about 20 or 30 miles from San Francisco. And I bought about 25 lots, like I was going to build 25 houses. Except, I drilled four gas wells. And those four gas wells in 18 months ,paid me enough money to buy the Dallas Cowboys.
Paying attention to my kids actually led to me getting involved in the passion of my life. And all along, all I was trying to do is hang out near our daughter. A lot of things happened that you didn’t have planned, or don’t have the strategy for.
Now I’m not saying. I’ve done anything right, but I made my mind up a long time ago, I was going to work with my kids. And they’re involved in everything. They’re involved in my leasing, oil and gas, and real estate. And so when I got the Cowboys, I got it so that we could all work together. I thought I was doing it for them. But the one that got the most out of it was me. I just know it’s not going to be this time. But you’re going to be sitting here sometime in the future, laying here sometime in the future. And this room is going to be full of your business associates and people you’ve worked with all your life. And more than likely, your children and family are going to be there because they’re your children and your family. But you could have them there because they’re the people you spent your life with, you worked with, you fell down with, you got up with. Not just Thanksgiving and Christmas. That’s who you want to be with.
So, when that time comes like this, its a celebration of your life and you’re not wishing you’d spent a little more time seeing a few more suns come up. That’s the trick….. That’s the trick. Because that’s going to be your glory. I’m pretty proud of them Cowboys. And I’m pretty proud of the stuff we’ve done. And oil and gas, it pales in comparison to how proud I am to have lived my life working with my kids. You got a chance to do something about that.
I hope you will.”
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