I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
They asked me when I was out there, 'Why do you want to be traded?' I said me staying here is like divorcing my wife and marrying someone who looks like me. That's backwards, man.
After every loss, you want to trade everybody. I've felt that way several times.
That's the NFL: Not For Long. First year's a welcome year. Second it's, What are you going to do? Third year's like, Well, you didn't do much last year; give us something or you're going. That's the way it is. They'll trade you or they'll cut you.
It was in the open market that we found Joe DiMaggio with the San Francisco Seals. A bad knee had scared everybody else off DiMaggio. But we risked $25,000 in cash and five players, and landed a star whom I would not sell for $250,000.
A lot of teams - they want a point guard and I am bouncing around, why not put me in those talks and try to get me?
I will not play for Tottenham.
I am the MVP and I gotta worry about the trade talk.
The Pacers were pretty up front in saying I have to go in a different direction.
When I got traded to the Lakers in '97, Kobe Bryant was just a rookie.
Being a part of a trade doesn't always mean you're not a good player. It means they want to do something different for their organization.
I have to give Mays one edge, durability. Mickey isn't sound and Willie is. Otherwise, if I had a chance to trade for either player, I'd pick Mantle.
If Milan agrees to let me go, and if there's an agreement between the clubs, I would love to play for Madrid.
For the Broncos, they're kind of in a rebuilding stage with a lot of young guys and here I am, 10 years in the league, ready to be a free agent. I think it was best for the Broncos to trade me for the draft picks and try to build.
I think people have to realize that - and basketball fans do, Lakers fans do - that we have to operate under the rules of the collective bargaining agreement, which means you can't just go and grab every player that you want.
What you don't want to do is to hang on to the aging superstar past his prime and take resources away you can otherwise use to build a better overall team.
After one year in the Texas League, the American League bought the rights to my contract. They optioned me back to the Texas League for the 1970 season.
The fan is the one who suffers. He cheers a guy to a .350 season then watches that player sign with another team. When you destroy fan loyalties, you destroy everything.
Leaving Manchester United? That was not complicated.
When you are not playing much and you expect to play more, it is normal to think of the market. That's the modern game.
Rondo's a great player, and most teams look at it that anytime you have a chance to get a great player, you do it.
I was forced to leave my hometown, and Napoli sold me to Juventus.
The problem with trading dominant players of that size is you never get in return what you've bargained away.
It's time for the truth: I want to be traded, I'm ready to be traded. First and foremost, this has nothing to do with the fans or the city, it's just time for me to look after me.
Whether it's drafting or player development, the ultimate is putting a team together.
