Cobi Jones Quotes

We have a lot of rule changes. I am part of the competition committee. We spent a lot time evaluating the game, how do we make the game better for our fans.

I want to help the MLS grow and play well.

If you look at any league, they're all trying to figure out how to make the game more exciting, speed the game up, whatever it may be. In our case, it's the same.

Jeff Kwatinetz and Ice Cube and Amy Trask - all those people are real visionaries, and the league that they started has been phenomenal. And my job as commissioner now is to kind of help continue to build, improve the fan and the player experience.

The NBA has made it clear they want fan bases to be able to keep their teams.

When does every fan like the manager?

We've got to do better at taking care of players and making sure the fans get the best of the players when they're showcasing their abilities.

You can make kids and fans happy without calling them on the court in the last three minutes of the NBA Finals.

When you play hockey, you don't realize how much it takes to put a team together and the business people around the team, what they do to get the franchise to the next level.

I'm a huge fan of the game. It's beyond a fringe benefit of obviously getting to work at the league office. I watch a ton of games in person, on television, on all forms of new media I follow the league. And so it's just beyond my wildest imaginations to me to now be the commissioner of the NBA.

I'm passionate about owning a football team in my hometown.

I want to fight the fights that fans want to see.

I'm very big on content. I kind of feel like content is king and will continue to be that, so I'm just going to give the fans what they want.

Modern-day coaching is about relationships, so I need to know every little thing that will make my players tick. How am I going to get more out of our best players, from Fran Kirby, Lucy Bronze? Lucy wants to be challenged. If you tell her she can't do something, she'll try it.

I've always been very hard on myself, and I never want to get to a point where I'm like, 'Alright, I'm kicking butt,' but I know I need to be confident because I think that will take my game to the next level.

Being stronger really helped my game.

I just want the fans to be happy, and if they're happy, I'm happy. And yes, most definitely, I am definitely a fan.

I'm always down to give the fans what they want.

Well, the league is changing every year. It changed when I came. It changed before me. First of all, we have to be thankful for all those guys in the '60s and '70s. They made this league one of the best sports leagues in the world.

I swear, there is no one better listening to the fans and knowing what they wants and how to make them cheer other than John Cena.

As a manager, you look at who is going to get the fans on the edge of the seats.

Fans always have an opinion of their own. We only try to live up to their expectations.

Since I've been a part of this league, I can't recall when they've actually made rules that have actually helped to improve the game of basketball.

I want to make great fights, emotional fights, for all my fans and everyone watching.

My only goal is to impress my fans.