Leigh Steinberg Quotes

It's not only the things I want, football is a business and you know how it works.

Football is a game of business. You don't work for free.

Football today means players stay less now than ever before and you have to accept that. As a manager, a big part of your business is doing far too much business that you don't want to do really.

I understand the business of the NFL.

Pro football was taking off when I became commissioner, and when a sport's successful and you're its chief executive officer, much of the credit flows to you and you develop a good track record.

I want to own an NFL franchise. I understand the business of football.

Nowadays there are too many players who can't get a contract elsewhere, who come to England and just take the money.

Our economics are not baseball's economics. Our game is not baseball's game. Our owners are not baseball's owners, with one or two exceptions. Our union is not baseball's union. What we do has to be crafted and suited to address hockey, to address the NHL, to address our 30 teams and our 700-plus players.

The situation was, the team I was on when I got injured went down to the lower leagues. In America, they don't have that relegation, so when the team went down to the lower region, every player has his value, and they went off and sold any player who had value.

I want to own the New York Jets, that's what I want. And I absolutely believe I am going to own the Jets.

In the NFL a lot of times everyone gets caught up in the business side of things. For them it's all about money and it really leaves a sour taste in your mouth.

It's an awesome responsibility, not only to maintain the level of success the NFL has, but to build on that.

A consulting position might work in another profession, but not in pro football. There's no such thing. They give a guy a parking spot and put his name up as a consultant, and in six months, they erase the name.

I don't want to lose the feeling I have for players, but the pro system almost causes you to be cold and insensitive, when you have to release players yearly.

I think I'd like to be an owner of a Major League Baseball team.

I'd like to run a professional football team. I'd love to run the USTA, be the sports editor of the 'New York Times.'

I've been a director and chairman of three good, modest clubs - Coventry, Charlton and Fulham - and the abuse you get can be cruel and shameful. I've had a wonderful life and wouldn't change a moment of it professionally - except that I should never have become a director.

I'm very much looking forward to giving fans a personal inside look at the amazing players I've gotten to know and compete with over the years.

I always loved math in high school and I thought that I would be an accountant. But I also thought I would be better at counting money in the NFL.

I'm always hesitant to make any serious moves because you never know how the N.F.L. will treat you, you know?

If you only sign the players of one FIFA agent, sometimes you can make the deal, sometimes you can't.

I thought it was the coolest thing in the world to be in an NFL office.

I really appreciate having renewed for another year with Chelsea at 38.

It is always difficult to sign players even if you are a big club.

In baseball, nothing surprises me. I understand this is a business.