Leigh Steinberg Quotes (74 Quotes)

New Orleans is a classic city with a wonderful heritage, which I am sure will rebuild. The Saints are a team with some pretty terrific offensive weapons. If New Orleans is interested in Matt, then I am sure Matt will be interested in them.

No one knows how quickly the extension to the CBA will happen. It will be really interesting to see how the issues get resolved, because the peace and harmony that has helped to make the NFL so popular is very much on tenuous ground. The clock is definitely ticking.

It's so much the cherry on top of compensation. It's the kind of thing that someone writes into a contract as the least-likely thing to happen.

So George Burns and my grandpa took me to my first baseball game.

Early on last season, a love affair was struck between Ben and Pittsburgh. His blue-collar roots, his Midwest values meshed perfectly with that city.

When it came to football there was a certain age where I realized that my future in football was being a grease spot on the side of some bigger player.

The NFL today has bigger, stronger, bodies than ever, moving faster than ever, hitting a stationary object harder than ever before - so the physics of the hit have changed.

We can always find creative ways to do things.

Let's say you're negotiating with a prospective employer. What's most important to you ... A signing bonus Vacation Job title Figure that out and you'll know what you can yield on.

The University of Miami has resisted the trend. (The majority of) their players tend to stay on that campus, and I haven't noticed any diminution in their draft status.

The Redskins have done an excellent job of restructuring a number of contracts in anticipation of a deal (on the agreement) not being consummated.

Challenge yourself, its fine not to be a totally finished person.

Well, when you've had Tom Cruise play you, anything else is a comedown.

Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil.

It was the most workouts any of the draftees did, ... and that competition against other players kept him in terrific shape. The summer league commenced July 5, which was soon after the NBA draft and he was in tiptop shape.

It is not in your interest to pull one over on the other side and get them to make a bad deal. You want the situation to be justifiable and reasonable while getting what you want. The two of you might be doing deals in the future.

I am not prepared to comment because it is a confidential matter. Any league officials who are sources for this ought to be fired. Ricky Williams has been in the best behavioral mode I have ever seen him in. I think it's important that no one rushes to judgment or jumps the gun on any reactions.

We live in a niche world.

There is no political lobby fighting to get a team back in Los Angeles, as there was in Cleveland, Houston, Baltimore or St. Louis.

Whatever fighting words you hear from the bargaining table, the reality is that with the new TV contract about to take effect and the incredibly lucrative ancillary revenue streams, both sides know we are on the verge of ushering in the most lucrative payday in the history of professional sports. The history of professional football is that nothing happens until the very last moment.

Then the Angels came in 1961, and I fell in love with them.

Duce was a Steelers fan growing up, so this represents the fulfillment of a childhood dream, ... At the end we did go back to Philly as he promised he would, but his re-involvement in their backfield rotation was a disincentive to re-signing there.

Then I went to UCLA - so of course I became a huge Bruin basketball fan... and later came to football.

Nobody wants to kill this golden goose. I don't like the salary-cap system. There's nothing I like about it except that it's a system that both sides have been able to agree upon. But that has meant that football's been able to concentrate its energies and efforts at the union and management level on developing new revenue sources and promoting the brand with the general public.

It's learning how to negotiate to keep both sides happy - whether it's for a multi-million dollar contract or just which show to watch on TV, that determines the quality and enjoyment of our lives.

Work needs to be a reflection of your social values. You are how you work!

Never underestimate the capacity of another human being to have exactly the same shortcomings you have.

Be open to the amazing changes which are occurring in the field that interest you.

Even though its a flawed system, the fact we have labor peace has created this incredible era of prosperity for everybody involved. If we pull the genie out of that bottle (by abolishing the cap), I dont know that it ever comes back.

The first issue that needs solving is club vs. club. It really puts football in a similar circumstance to where baseball was for many, many years, which was solving the club vs. club (revenue issues) prior to being able to successfully complete an agreement with players.

That night was a very special time to him.

My grandfather was running Hillcrest Country Club, and that's where a whole group of Hollywood comedians hung out.

The rookie would be free to negotiate contracts without reference to the salary cap. They'd be able to command much larger compensation packages structured in different ways than currently occurs. More up-front money. Straight salaries. Fewer option clauses.

Hey, our Founding Fathers wore long hair and powdered wigs - I don't see anybody trying to look like them today, either... But we do look to them as role models.

As for football in L.A., it's going to take a loooong time before another team comes here.

Now we're getting a whole generation of kids who have never had a football team in L.A., so they don't miss it and don't ask for it. It becomes self-perpetuating. They don't know what they're missing.

That one city is absolutely incredible in terms of the voracious nature of their appetite for anything associated with the Steelers in general and Ben specifically. There is a love affair going on with Ben and that city. He has a blue-collar work ethic with a touch of charisma.

Now some alien force seems to have come and captured the Dodgers. I don't know what happened to my Dodgers.

There was no doubt who was running the show. Reggie was asking the questions, taking the notes, using the laptop. He was in control of the situation.

In reality, we can prove that the incidents of drug, alcohol abuse and violence have dropped dramatically among professional athletes - but the problem is it would be impossible to convince than fans, because of what they read on the AP wire.

The Super Bowl is like a movie, and the quarterback is the leading man.

As I write in my book, there is a misnomer that destroying another person's position is an effective and practical way to negotiate.

But the equipment to protect the players hasn't developed along with that, so now you have more players out with worse injuries, for longer periods of time.

I don't know what happened, but I know Ricky didn't test positive for anything. Someone made a mistake.

Cameron was able to get an inside look at professional football from the standpoint of athletes and agents and general managers that few people have ever seen.

He would love to play in New York.

It's too irrational not to keep negotiating and conclude in an agreement. Football is too smart not to realize that madness lies in emulating the self-destructiveness of professional baseball, basketball and hockey.

But the truth is, growing up in California, we knew nothing about hockey.

I'd like to add that negotiating is not something to be avoided or feared - it's an everyday part of life.

They are not getting hurt in some frivolous hobby. They are hurt applying themselves to the exact task they've been hired to do. This is a risk that ought to be shared in a fairer way.