Marquise Goodwin Quotes

I don't think it's right to think ahead to free agency.

I myself was completely torn by the decision to start Teach For America. There was a voice in my head telling me not to do it - to take a more normal path. I did have one thing going for me, which was that I had been rejected from all the other jobs I'd applied to.

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.

I am dead set against free agency. It can ruin baseball.

Once you've been around this business long enough, anything is a possibility. It's a business first and foremost. Guys play it because they love it, but it is a business, and if you don't understand that it's a business, you're lying to yourself.

I think I'm nervous to sign on to any job.

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.

Obviously, in the NBA, there's a lot of different decisions that people make. The whole thing in the NBA is that people sometimes have an opportunity to go where they want.

In all my years of baseball, I have always expected to be traded. I never liked the idea.

When you play in the NFL now the teams are very, very equal.

My last two years at Buffalo, I've had so many trade requests. Rumors every year.

It's just part of the NFL. There's going to be moving parts constantly. There's going to be roster changes. There's going to be coaches going somewhere else.

Every player looks forward to free agency.

The NFL is the only sport where you can be on a team five years, and your contract's not guaranteed. You can go through the whole process of training camp, and then as soon as it's the season, it's a week-to-week job, and they can cut you at any moment, or you can get hurt at any moment. It's not like that in other sports.

Free agency is free agency. I love when NBA players get paid.

My brother told me when I came in the NFL, if they cut Peyton Manning, they're going to cut you someday too. That's always a realization for anybody in our livelihood.

I'm loyal to Portland. I want to play my whole career here, but at any moment, they can decide we want somebody else.

Just because you go to free agency doesn't mean you don't want to be somewhere. It's just a part of the business.

You never know: there is a lot of movement in football. You can never predict where you're going to play.

I've been a free agent a couple times now. It's a process. You got to be smart with your decisions.

My job was to play football the last 16 games and do my part, and then in the offseason, really, it's just sit back and let the team or other teams let you know that they want you.

I can't speak on anybody else's free agencies, how that's going, but for myself, it helps to kind of be patient and let it happen.

In the NBA, you're never immune to rumors and trade rumors and free agency stuff.

The new CBA is hurting the league. It's hurting quarterback play.

If I get traded, I get traded. It's a part of the business.