League Quotes - Page 6

• When I came into the league, once a team drafted you, they owned you forever. If they didn't like the clothes you wore, or the car you drove, they could blackball you.

  Oscar Robertson

  Basketball, Team, Clothes

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• Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.

  Harold Pinter

  Government, Challenging The Status Quo, Literature

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• No one wants the United Nations to suffer the fate of the League of Nations, which collapsed because it lacked real leverage. This is possible if influential countries bypass the United Nations and take military action without Security Council authorization.

  Vladimir Putin

  Country, Military, Real

  "A Plea for Caution From Russia". www.nytimes.com. September 11, 2013.

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• My real-life athletic career was not very much. I played Little League baseball.

  Dennis Quaid

  Baseball, Real, Careers

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• I don't mean to diminish the job, it's a good job and a real pressure job. But I don't think a relief pitcher should ever be the most valuable player of a league. We only play in maybe half of the games. Being a relief pitcher means part-time employment. We're bench players, and bench players shouldn't be M.V.P.

  Dan Quisenberry

  Jobs, Real, Mean

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• We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.

  Bob Cousy

  Basketball, Strong, Brown

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• I wouldn't be bothered if we lost every game, as long as we won the league.

  Mark Viduka

  Inspirational, Motivational, Soccer

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• Some kids dream of joining the circus, others of becoming a major league baseball player. I have been doubly blessed. As a member of the New York Yankees, I have gotten to do both.

  Graig Nettles

  Baseball, Dream, New York

  Graig Nettles, Peter Golenbock (1985). “Balls”, New York : Pocket Books ; Markham, Ont. : Distributed in Canada by PaperJacks

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• You often see shocks in the League Cup, even when you don’t expect them

  Jan Mølby

  Cups, Shock

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• Are you crying? There's no crying. There's no crying in baseball.

  Tom Hanks

  Baseball, Cry, Sports Movie

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• In Phil's case, I was personally thrilled he came back, because I think it's huge for the league. When you think about what he's done and how many championships he's won, there's always drama when he comes back in.

  Gregg Popovich

  Basketball, Drama, Thinking

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• Every day I went to the ballpark in Yankee Stadium as well as on the road people were on my back. The last six years in the American League were mental hell for me. I was drained of all my desire to play baseball.

  Roger Maris

  Baseball, Yankees, Years

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• I think the National Football League needs a new union. The heavyweights of this union are not heavyweights enough.

  Jim Brown

  Football, Thinking, Heavyweights

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• I don't think there's any question that the UFL or any other league that wants to challenge the NFL can have an impact. The demand for professional football is off the charts.

  Mark Cuban

  Football, Thinking, Impact

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• If Roman Abramovich helped me out in training we would be bottom of the league and if I had to work in his world of big business, we would be bankrupt!

  Jose Mourinho

  Training, Would Be, World

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• If I wanted to have an easy job, working with the big protection of what I have already done before, I would have stayed at Porto - beautiful blue chair, the Uefa Champions League trophy, God, and after God, me.

  Jose Mourinho

  Beautiful, Jobs, Champions League

  "Mourinho boasts 'After God, me'" by Amy Lawrence, www.theguardian.com. July 10, 2004.

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• Like me or not, I am the only one who has won the world's three most important leagues. So, maybe instead of the 'Special One', people should start calling me the 'Only One'.

  Jose Mourinho

  People, Special, Important

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• Instead of speaking about Real Madrid, Mr Wenger should speak about Arsenal and explain how he lost 2-0 against a team in the Champions League for the first time [Braga]. The history about the young kids is getting old now. Sagna, Clichy, Walcott, Fabregas, Song, Nasri, Van Persie, Arshavin are not kids. They are all top players.

  Jose Mourinho

  Song, Real, Team

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• The League of Independent Theater represents a coming together of actual artistic and theatrical forces that may yet undo the difficulty of our times in maintaining the highest artistic standards in a period of economic crisis. Who can save us from the downhill trend of our economy except the vigor of our arts? Theatre, music and education are our only hopes to lift our times beyond their despair and create a viable, prosperous culture.

  Judith Malina

  Art, Independent, Despair

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• I perform in the major leagues of what I do. It's incredible.

  Darrell Hammond

  Major League, Incredibles, Majors

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• Detroit is still seen as the tough city, a city that has a reputation for high crime, ... The tough city thing is fine. Its always had a reputation as that. ... You know, Gordie Howe, when I was watching hockey, was the toughest guy in the league playing for the Red Wings. He represented that tough aura.

  Eugene Levy

  Hockey, Cities, Wings

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• On paper we might be the best team in the league. We’ve got great players on this team who accomplished so much. We just couldn’t put it together.

  Amar'e Stoudemire

  Team, Player, Together

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• To convert college sports into professional sports would be tantamount to converting it into minor league sports. And we know that in the U.S., minor league sports aren’t very successful either for fan support or for the fan experience.

  Mark Emmert

  Sports, Successful, College

  "NCAA leader Mark Emmert decries 'pay for play' as a threat to core of college sports", www.foxnews.com. June 19, 2014.

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• I show up on the injury report as much as the statsheet, but if I’m healthy, I’m going to be a late-round steal in most leagues. Last year I had more than 1,000 yards on the ground despite my injuries, and I had six rushing touchdowns despite Andre Brown vulturing my goal line duties around mid-season. Now I’m in Indianapolis, and my new offensive coordinator is implementing a West Coast offense that should get me plenty of carries and a few catches each game. Plus, I’ll be the goal line guy. If I’m not wearing a boot.

  Ahmad Bradshaw

  Rushing, Years, Games

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• When I then went to Welling I had to think about the possibility of getting another job outside of football. If that hadn't worked out then I would probably have joined the family building firm, working as a ‘brickie’ or something like that. It is a big leap to be playing in the Champions League final - the biggest game of my career - but after what I've been through to get here, it holds no fears for me.

  Steve Finnan

  Football, Jobs, Thinking

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