Kyle Busch Quotes

I've been a Nike athlete since day one.

I'm not one of those celebrities that will just put my name on something and expect to get a check.

I am a sportsman, not a brand ambassador, besides being the first goalkeeper of Adidas.

I'm not saying that the press is wrong to report any internal differences we have, but at the same time, I think it's our job to keep them from becoming public issues, for anything that detracts from the purely athletic aspects of the sport is bad for us.

Since I started in Nascar, popularity has definitely gone up. I've become more attractive and helpful to companies that are looking for spokespersons. So from that perspective, things are going really well.

I've been asked to endorse lots of different pieces of equipment. It's not necessarily that it's an awful thing to be asked to endorse something, because it's inherently a compliment to your skills, your abilities, on a level. But sometimes it's just not the right fit.

I do not have a merchandise line. I don't sell knives or apparel. Though I have been approached to endorse various products from liquor to airlines to automobiles to pharmaceuticals dozens of times, I have managed to resist the temptation.

I absolutely realize that a celebrity spokesperson is not ideal.

I do not represent any product or any collection.

I become the face of the company, and that's a responsibility.

It's important to have a say in your off-the-field brand and what you're doing, your sponsorships, what you want to be represented by, and the image you want to have.

I'd definitely love to be a spokesperson for a major beauty brand.

It's not easy to get a celebrity to attach themselves to something. You have to build a relationship.

I get a lot of offers, but I'm pretty picky about what I promote.

I'm not the kind of person who is on television and in magazines every five minutes selling clothes or washing machines.

Everybody dreams about getting to the NBA and everybody dreams about having their own shoe. But when you're the face of a brand, you've got to kind of back off and let it all soak in a little bit.

I don't think Mourinho wants to have friends, or maybe that's just the way he likes to appear.

Personalities seem in many cases to dominate the lucrative endorsement market. But that doesn't upset me. What upsets me is when not enough attention is paid to the product-the game.

My advice to any diplomat who wants to have good press is to have two or three kids and a dog.

Al McGuire talked to me I don't know how many times about dealing with the press: "You've got to be a con man." I tried that for a day or so, but it never really worked for me.

A championship contender in the early twentieth century needed charisma and a knack for cultivating sponsorship, and Rubinstein was the epitome of the shy and unsocial chess player. Now matter how great his chess skills, he lacked the people skills to be a self-promoter and fund-raiser.

Beginning in 1978, Nike paid coaches to put their shoes on the team.

Reporters don't know me, because I don't talk to them; I just talk to the players.

Man United have shops all round the world. It's a big money spinner plus the fact that they change their strip every five minutes.

I don't write my own publicity materials, I just read 'em and give 'em the OK.