The two major things that changed the makeup of all professional sports are money generated by television and courts that players went to in order to win their freedom as free agents.

I feel like football players are overworked and underpaid compared to any other sports.

We're going to have more kids playing and we're going to have a better chance of finding those players Minor sports in a community is for fun and recreation. For everyone.

The families of many athletes - incensed at the sports leagues and hoping to make games safer overall - are increasingly making the brains of players who die prematurely and suspiciously available for study. Some athletes are even making the bequest themselves.

I think sometimes when it comes to sports and especially relationships between players and coaches that people lose track lose a sense of reality.

Baseball is a public trust. Players turn over owners turn over and certain commissioners turn over. But baseball goes on.

I'm not buddy-buddy with the players. If they need a buddy let them buy a dog.

The fewer rules a coach has the fewer rules there are for players to break.

He's going to be around a long long time if his body holds up. That's always a concern with a lot of players because of how much they play. A lot of guys can't handle it. But it looks like he can.

Golf appeals to the idiot in us and the child. Just how childlike golf players become is proven by their frequent inability to count past five.

All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.

There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole - women and men alike - than the one which involves women as central players.

More and more NFL players have been willing their bodies to science so that their brains can be studied even if they die of other causes.

It's critical that the manager has the respect of players so he can make the moves that he feels is appropriate without having somebody go to the papers. They respect you. So you respect them back.

In order to gain the respect of your players in the locker room you can't just perform on Saturday. You have to do it consistently during practices meetings and in the weight room.

I have found that the players who have played in that game really do have respect for their adversaries.

I don't think I look up to any players. Obviously you respect everyone.

EA SPORTS has a strong partnership with adidas and through this relationship they approached adidas about using some of their top players from around the world.

The players wanted more money higher salary caps and they didn't have that family relationship we felt with the players. Mentally the players were more businesslike.

It is one of my pet hates when I see players who have agents who do everything for them. They don't know how to set up their own bank accounts they don't know what they are spending their money on and they can't make their own decisions.

I have 23 top players and they are all ready to put on the jersey and work on the pitch and that makes you happy and then you have peace of mind.

Radiohead and Our Lady Peace are doing the seven layers of guitar and I kind of jumped on that before anyone else did.

Women by their nature are not exceptional chess players: they are not great fighters.

It's always uncomfortable for me when I take off my shirt. No one else is taking their shift off. Why is everyone else in these movies bundled up in layers of clothing and I'm taking my clothes off all the time?