Lamar Hunt Quotes (40 Quotes)

It looks like our defense is quite a bit better than it has been in the last two years, ... If we can keep it up and stay at least in the middle of the league, that would be significant. We haven't ordered any championship rings yet two games doesn't make a season. I love the Colorado air. I love the game, the competition, the show.

I have no doubts that it will be a major sport-in the United States. I'm probably not going to live to see that day because Americans are a little afraid of getting interested in something at which they're not very good.

I think a one-off is a correct decision. My request was for one game, in a 10-year window.

I think we're getting there, but we're not there yet. Ten years ago, nobody could have projected this. Are we satisfied with that No.

You can't compare a Super Bowl crowd, which tends to be more polite and a little more neutral to that. The Super Bowl only has 7,000 to 8,000 fans for each team.

Each of these individuals have been significant contributors to the game we see today and most importantly the long range growth of the game. We look forward to greeting each of these individuals at the time of their proud induction in the TEXANS CREDIT UNION WALK OF FAME at Pizza Hut Park.

The problem it had is that it was way before its time. There were no grass roots, no youth programs like there are today....There's no such thing as an instant major league.

The development of American players has been a big part (of MLS), ... Without a league, there's no inspiration or opportunity.

The stadiums are like none I've ever seen. I think there must have been some strong competition nationally between Korea and Japan to make the best facilities because they are very well designed.

We have to do something that 32 teams can live with.

I thought we disgraced this organization and certainly this community.

I wish continued success to the Foundation. You're doing an important job to help what is called 'the beautiful game'. You're helping it to expand at every level. I will always remember this very special night in Washington, D.C.

I think it is most appropriate that the two teams have committed to new 25-year leases, and that the public will at the same time have the parallel, but separate opportunity to vote to complete the original project design with the rolling roof.

The equality of play was a surprise-it was the most competitive race in the seven-year history of MLS.

We are most appreciative that Major League Soccer has chosen Frisco and Pizza Hut Park as the location for the 11th MLS Cup. The 2005 event was an unqualified success with exceptional weather and a standing-room only crowd for the game.

He is not someone who went off to play in Europe and only a few Americans follow. He has the potential to be on magazine covers and more newspaper coverage.

It's very special to see, the next generation coming forward from the roots all those years ago with the Tornado.

The most difficult part of the trip was the logistics - planes, trains, a rental car, taxis, buses, subways, lots of walking, we did it all.

I don't think the system is broken. I'd keep it the way it is. One of Paul's great strengths has been his ability to put a lot of very talented people in place in the league office. He's done a great job with the football end of it and the business end of it, and I think we'd make a mistake if we changed the structure of the commissioner's office.

It gives us the ability to control all the revenue streams, ... It gives us the opportunity to sell a naming-rights sponsorship and signature sponsorships and control of our concessions, parking and scheduling, which is an important part of it. Instead of scrambling for secondary dates, we control the dates in the stadium.

Bob asked our permission and he certainly didn't have to do that. We didn't have any claim to it, we hadn't used it for many, many years. I still like it. Everyone in the state of Texas is a Texan, so it fits Houston, too.

He used to laugh. He'd get people to do it and not tell them what was going to happen.

It ought to bring a great rating. People will be worn out from all of their Thanksgiving Day activities, so they can sit down and enjoy the game.

We're looking at ideas to remodel Arrowhead Stadium. It's 30 years old and it's not a good American soccer stadium. We're looking at ways to improve Arrowhead-which is oriented for NFL games--for our spectators.

I think the game has an enormous spectator appeal that dwarfs all American sports because it is so international.

Most importantly for the sports fans of the area is the opportunity to bring a future Super Bowl to the community and to help secure other mega-events with the assurance of weather protection.

I get asked this a lot: Why has soccer not succeeded? My answer is, soccer has succeeded. It is already the fastest growing youth participation sport in the U.S. It has already succeeded at the youth level, no question.

It (the AFL) was so important to me. I had a lot of money in it, a lot invested in it. Emotionally, I spent a lot of time, effort and energy on it. I felt an obligation. A guy like Billy Sullivan had everything he had in it. It wouldn't have been the right thing to do.

It isn't easy to put all of the ingredients together and one of the key things is this is the first time there's been a real, significant governmental body participation. In our case, it's Collin County and the City of Frisco, the Frisco Economic Development group and the Frisco Independent School District. Those bodies, and Hunt Sports Group, obviously, put money into the project, and that has helped make it work.

That does make me proud. Those things help. They create awareness.

This might be Paul's biggest test. His strength has been combining a strong business acumen with an understanding of expediency. I don't want to predict how long Paul will remain in the job, but I'm sure that there's a good chance that this will probably be his last labor agreement.

I'm really honored to receive this lifetime achievement award.

No two (stadiums) are going to be exactly alike, ... Each one will be part of the community, and that's another important factor. It's the type of identity we've not had before. It was hard to have that identity playing in the Cotton Bowl.

I'm a friend in the context that we helped fight a battle together for survival of the American Football League. But I don't consider myself close to Al in recent years. You just don't continually sue your business partners like he has.

You just don't continually sue your business partners like he has. That causes me some problems.

Yes it will, and I think Monterrey is just over an hour away by air. We felt it was very important to have an association with a Mexican team and we've created this Rio Grande Plate. We have a two-year agreement for 2006 and 2007 -- we expect that it will be a much longer lasting agreement than that, but we wanted to kind of put our toe in the water and see how it looks. I think it's going to be very positive.

I fired the nurse the next day because she didn't check out the NFL schedule in advance - just kidding, ... I plan to be in Denver. I haven't missed a lot of games over the years. But there's a bunch I wish I had.

We literally had all 10 teams alive for a playoff position in the final week of the season. That outstanding balance and those close races created a major surge in attendance in the last month of the season.

Well, we've made huge strides since the 1990 World Cup, USA '94, and obviously since '98. Unfortunately, those strides only register with the public once every four years.

Last weekend I had to have tests done in a Dallas hospital, so I missed the Raiders game, the 18th,