Quotes About League

You talk about rowdy - in Oakland the players were on you. The refs were on you. The stands were on you. You had to talk back or you were a sissy; you'd get run out of the league. Afterward? Yeah, it was kind of a, uh, struggle to get out of the gym. Cops had to be everywhere. Which was lucky.

As far as my personal confidence, do I believe I'm one of the best in the league? Yeah, of course.

I had come to regard the U.S. Senate's rejection of the League of Nations as a tragic mistake.

I was a coach for a celebrity cricket league. Whenever I trained or practised with them, I missed cricket.

There are a lot more teams in the Spanish league, and the biggest transformation came in the English women's league when the amount of teams got cut down.

For a big club, you can accept that the team does not win the league because it is in transition, but you cannot afford to slip out of the Champions League spot.

Not everybody will get a chance to play in this league. You know, there's a transition rate of about 300 guys a year, that come into the league and leave the league. So the average career expectancy is a little bit under four years, so that doesn't mean you're gonna play forever.

The past was irretrievable, the league of lonely men a fiction, the pursuit of the past a doomed attempt to run a hustle on mortality.

I told everybody since the second I've been in the league that I've been very success-driven.

When you are better than your opposition for 45 minutes and create six chances, if you don't score, you are in danger in the Premier League. It's the best league in the world.

Kids should practice autographing baseballs. This is a skill that's often overlooked in Little League.

I love the Premier League, I absolutely love Premier League games. Removing myself a footballer, I watch the Premier League. It's a great league, fantastic football is played in it.

The thing I love about the NBA game is that it's a playmaker's league.

The players who said I am the dirtiest player in the league, it's ultimately their opinion, but I would love to hear from many of them on their true opinion on that.

he intended to exploit as best he could the traditional rivalries, for that was one of the best things the league had going for it, genuine rivalries in which the players themselves participated. Those rivalries, Boston-Philly, New York–Baltimore, needed no ballyhoo; the athletes themselves were self-evidently proud and they liked nothing better than to beat their opponents

You will not find a bigger month for a sports league than June '84 for the NBA.

Harvard was the most intimidating experience. I felt so out of my league there.

What I love about our league is that players have an opportunity in their career to be a free agent and decide where they want to invest their time and their talent, in whatever team and whatever system. They deserve that right. They've earned that right.

The NWSL is a great league. It's so competitive from every single team and every single game. They have the right people and they are invested in it.

My involvement with the USFL began in the broadcast booth before I ever coached a game in the league.

When I was a child I watched the Italian league a lot because there were many Brazilians there.

I enjoy the honesty of English football, because nobody gives up, and almost all the best players are here. Italian football is at the bottom because of all those scandals. Their league is not very interesting.

I've got nothing to teach to the Italians - I love playing in this league.

Italy was the hardest league to score goals in. Those guys just love defending.