Mike McCready Quotes

NBA games are exciting to watch and have global appeal. They are very popular in China. I do watch NBA games on television when I have time.

I think professional sports, football, to use it as an example, it's fundamentally a form of entertainment.

The NFL and NBA has done a better job than we have in showing the fun side of the sport, having people talk about it whether it's on social media, commercials or the news.

To be able to have a professional 3-on-3 league and be a part of that, that's been a ton of fun, ton of fun. The fans love it, the players love playing it, and it's just a lot of fun to be around.

I never cared for stuff like the All-Star Game.

Whether it's NASCAR or whether it's football, or whether it's the NBA, any time something spills over to the point where somebody makes a WWE reference, I always think it's a good thing.

I watch the Premier League, the Spanish and Dutch leagues, and a little bit of the German league.

The NBA (National Basketball Association) is never just a business. It's always business. It's always personal. All good businesses are personal. The best businesses are very personal.

The NFL is such a large, multibillion dollar enterprise with fan loyalty because they have provided not only entertainment for sports fans, but memories, good memories, family memories to these fans, that can only bring about good will.

Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.

I tell people Baltimore is lucky to be rid of the Colts, they're so lousy, but I don't mean it.

I love team environments, like the Celtics, the Bruins. I love going into the locker room and meeting these guys.

It ain't like we're curing cancer or anything, we're watching basketball.

Why is the N.F.L. so popular? The N.F.L. grew in the comfort zone after World War II. People had money and time. A popular American sport got bigger.

This illuminates not only fans' interest in major league teams but also the minors and even Little League.

But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.

Over the years, I've enjoyed working for WFAN and MSG - two sports giants in the industry. There couldn't be a better fit due to the long-standing history both entities have had with NY sports.

That's the biggest shame there is, that L.A. doesn't have a team. I was a big fan of the L.A. Rams, and when they left, I lost interest. Then there was the Raiders, and they left. How they can't have a football team in the biggest market in the world is beyond me.

You know, what 'New Girl' is doing is they're bringing in really cool people. These are home-run people who aren't your typical guest-star-type people.

Professional sports play a very important part in American life and a very important part in the American imagination. Anybody who goes to the movies these days sees just what an important part of the American mind sports comprise. If they are so important and have such a hold on the minds and imaginations of children, then this ought to be a focal point of our efforts.

I have to admit, between the Seahawks games and the Blazer games and playoffs games, we're talking about close to 100 games a year, so I don't really follow other sports a lot.

I'm a huge Toronto Maple Leafs fan, and the only other teams whose games I go to are the Rangers and the Kings.

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.

That you get booed belongs to professional sports.

Modern sport can be an ugly convergence of commerce and celebrity, but it still has the capacity to move a crowd.