Angela Merkel Quotes

Franchise cricket is here to stay because of the money.

I mean, sports are big, big, big business.

Professional sports are something they can't control.

Professional sports play a very important part in American life and a very important part in the American imagination. Anybody who goes to the movies these days sees just what an important part of the American mind sports comprise. If they are so important and have such a hold on the minds and imaginations of children, then this ought to be a focal point of our efforts.

Money doesn't always define basketball.

It's not so long ago I was paying £250 a season to play. I don't think in my lifetime it will ever get to wage parity with the men, but we have made so many great strides already.

I don't think cricket will ever have the same sort of money as football.

I don't watch a lot of the games on Sunday. But I always kept an eye on the 49ers.

But as a practical matter, Detroit's the sports city in the country.

I don't pay much attention to sports.

I also watched a lot of football and sports. I haven't had much time to watch too much TV lately.

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

I think professional sports, football, to use it as an example, it's fundamentally a form of entertainment.

I think Philly is arguably the best sports town - football town - in America.

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.

It wouldn't be the worst thing in the world if we didn't have a salary cap.

I love sports. So if I was like a sports anchor or something like that. I would love to do that.

Broadway shows in New York draw two times the attendance of all New York sports teams put together.

Over the years, I've enjoyed working for WFAN and MSG - two sports giants in the industry. There couldn't be a better fit due to the long-standing history both entities have had with NY sports.

Then all the foreigners started coming over. I don't mind that but a lot of teams are laying out fortunes for ordinary players and that's no good for our youngsters coming through.

That's the biggest shame there is, that L.A. doesn't have a team. I was a big fan of the L.A. Rams, and when they left, I lost interest. Then there was the Raiders, and they left. How they can't have a football team in the biggest market in the world is beyond me.

I think we have our sports within our own culture that are huge with baseball, football, basketball, and hockey. Those are the sports in America that we grow up with and soccer isn't really there yet.

To be candid with you, free agency hurts all sports. It's great for athletes making an enormous amount of money. But to say it helps the sports, I don't believe that.

The time has come to disregard the exemption. Baseball is no longer a sport.

Sports is a huge entertainment now, and we need to provide that entertainment for the fans because that's what they're looking for.