John Isner Quotes

They're still considered Olympic eligibles, so there's never an issue whether they're going to turn pro or not. When they get to that level, money is never an issue. They make so much money now.

Professional lacrosse isn't very lucrative.

We need to understand that the revenue which we get is through men's cricket.

Everybody in the Olympics is paid. Lindsay Vonn is going to make a million dollars whether she skis or not.

Tennis is more commercial these days.

It certainly is dangerous that there are only a few clubs left in Europe that can afford to pay millions. At the end of the day however, the spectators decide the rates of pay - by watching the games and consuming the goods and services advertised on sports TV programmes.

That $27,000 that a young player will now get just for making the main draw at the Australian Open is huge. It can set them up for a couple of months which at that level you really do need that kind of help. It sounds like a lot of money, but when you're travelling the world trying to make it as a tennis player, it doesn't last long.

Sports is all about money.

It's very expensive to be a professional tennis player with all the travel and the flights and the hotels and everything.

Franchise cricket is here to stay because of the money.

I don't mind players earning money, but it should mean, at the same time, that the club is doing good.

Tennis is not a contract sport and we really rely on the WTA and ATP tours to be up and running so players can earn prize money to make a living.

You can't win in any sport without heavily concentrating on revenue generation. You have to be relentless in that regard if you are going to be able to afford the kind of players you need to compete at the highest level.

I want to make the UFC money.

I want to have a bank account that represents me being a pro athlete.

When you look at other sports, like golf, the players earn a lot more money without running around.

Other sports culminate at different times of the year, but the NFL is in the fourth quarter - that's where the money is.

Every week I'll be spending money on flights, accommodation, stringing and even things as simple as taxis, meals out and, of course, paying the other members of my team. I'm still very careful, though, with what I'm spending.

I think tennis is very different than most of the other sports when you have the opportunity to go pro. For me, it was pretty simple. Tennis was always an individual sport, and your direct results determined where you could go and what you could do.

The thing I hate about mixed martial arts is that it's no longer a sport. It's a big-money business, and it's an entertainment industry.

Selling advertising on jerseys is preferable to keep jacking up prices on the fans.

Boxing is a business.

In my last years, I was conscious how I used to play the game when I first broke through. It was absolute chalk and cheese. I probably finished at the right time. There won't be many players like me in the future.

I don't think cricket will ever have the same sort of money as football.

I'd get rid of it, just get rid of the draft altogether. We'd just deal with the salary cap.